First Known Use: 1570
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Antigone
noun An·tig·o·ne \an-ˈti-gə-(ˌ)nē\
Definition of ANTIGONE
: a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who buries her brother Polynices' body against the order of her uncle Creon
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Origin of ANTIGONE
Greek Antigonē
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