Definitions for dogberry
ˈdɔgˌbɛr i, -bə ri, ˈdɒg-dog·ber·ry

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1. dogberrynoun

   The berry of the dogwood.

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1. Dogberry

   Dogberry is a character created by William Shakespeare for his play Much Ado About Nothing. He is described by The Nuttall Encyclopædia as a "self-satisfied night constable" with an inflated view of his own importance as the leader of a group of comically bumbling police watchmen. Dogberry is notable for his numerous malapropisms, which sometimes are referred to as "dogberryisms" or "dogberrys" after him. The Dogberry character was created for William Kempe, who played comic roles in Shakespeare's theatre company the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

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1. Dogberrynoun

   the berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry

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1. Dogberry

   Dogberry is a character from the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. He is described by The Nuttall Encyclopædia as a "self-satisfied night constable." In the play, Dogberry is the chief of the citizen-police in Messina. As is usual in Shakespearean comedy, and Renaissance comedy generally, he is a figure of comic incompetence. The humor of Dogberry's character is his frequent use of malapropism, a technique Shakespeare would use again in Elbow from Measure for Measure. In both plays, Shakespeare appears to be poking mild fun at the amateur police forces of his day, in which respectable citizens spent a fixed number of nights per year fulfilling an obligation to protect the public peace, a job for which they were, by and large, unqualified. Dogberry and his crew, however, are also given a thematic function, for it is they who uncover the plot of Don John and begin the process of restoration that leads to the play's happy conclusion. In that sense, Dogberry's comic ineptitude is made to serve the sense of a providential force overseeing the fortunate restoration of social and emotional order. When describing a criminal's offense, Dogberry tends to say it in many different ways as a numbered list out of order:

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1. Dogberry

   dog′ber-ri, n. the fruit of a species of dogwood: a stupid, obstinate fellow, from the old watchman in Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing.

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1. Dogberry

   a self-satisfied night constable in "Much Ado about Nothing."

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dogberry in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dogberry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dogberry
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogberry
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dogberry
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=dogberry
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dogberry
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Dogberry