Benedick

[ ben-i-dik ]

noun

1. (in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing ) the confident bachelor who courts and finally marries Beatrice.
2. (lowercase) benedict.

Example Sentences

“This is perhaps the most historically significant international environmental agreement,” Richard E. Benedick, the chief United States negotiator, said at the time.

From New York Times

Mr. Benedick, who was a career diplomat in the State Department when the Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987, and who patiently wore down opposition from foreign nations while withstanding powerful internal critics in the Reagan administration, died on March 16 in Falls Church, Va. He was 88.

From New York Times

“We just want to keep getting better every day and make it back to states,” Coach Bailey Benedick said.

From Washington Post

Benedick sees her own handprint each time she walks into the dugout.

From Washington Post

“We’re just trying to lock down our defense right now,” Benedick said.

From Washington Post