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Yeats

Noun

Sense 1: An Irish surname derived from the Irish language "Gaelic".

Example sentence 1: The poet was interested in exploring her Yeats ancestry.

Example sentence 2: Many people with the surname Yeats still reside in Ireland.

Sense 2: (often capitalized) Refers to William Butler Yeats, an Irish poet and playwright.

Example sentence 1: Yeats won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

Example sentence 2: The works of Yeats continue to inspire generations of poets.

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Adjective

Sense: Pertaining to or relating to the poet William Butler Yeats.

Example sentence: The student wrote an essay on Yeatsian themes in modern literature.

Verb

Sense: (archaic) The act of fighting or struggling.

Example sentence 1: The soldiers yeats for control of the castle.

Example sentence 2: The two knights yeats on the battlefield.

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