TRANIO


Meaning of TRANIO in English

servant to Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare. Tranio, who is much more intelligent than his employer, is largely responsible for Lucentio's successful courting of Bianca. The quick-witted Tranio takes great pleasure in devising schemes and manipulating suitors so that Lucentio may marry Bianca.

Britannica English vocabulary.      Английский словарь Британика.