RODERIGO


Meaning of RODERIGO in English

a Venetian gentleman in Shakespeare's Othello. Roderigo, a former suitor of Desdemona, is a willing conspirator with Iago against Othello. His villainy is unequal to that of Iago, however, and he is killed off when he has served Iago's purposes.

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