O ‧ thel ‧ lo /əˈθeləʊ/ BrE AmE
the main character in the play Othello by William ↑ Shakespeare . Othello, a black man, is a very ↑ jealous husband, and kills his wife, ↑ Desdemona , because his friend Iago makes him believe, wrongly, that she is having a sexual relationship with another man.