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What does Shylock mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Shylock? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A fictional character who was a moneylender (Jewish stereotype) in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Name
  1. A male given name of Old English origin.
    1. (meaning, history) From Shakespeare's plaY Merchant of Venice.
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At the end of Radford's film he shows us a bareheaded Shylock locked out of his synagogue and alone in the world, an alien being.
Outside of the Ghetto the modern Shylock is envisioned as a man of mode, whose proverbial gabardine has been replaced by the latest Parisian cry.
While his Shylock is somewhat broad for the small screen, it provides a tantalising glimpse of how it might have come across in the theatre.
He found his epitomical incarnation in Shylock, the relentless banker in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Himself a usurer, Shakespeare must have known how much he had invested in Shylock.
Sitting in a position that finally demands respect, Shylock insists on his pound of flesh.

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