noun

• A surname.
• William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
• His works or media adaptations of his works.
• A place name:
• A village in Perth East township, Ontario, Canada, named after the playwright.
• A ghost town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States.
• (uncountable) Eloquent language, especially English; poetry.
• (countable) A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare