Prosʹpero.

Rightful Duke of Milan, deposed by his brother. Drifted on a desert island, he practised magic, and raised a tempest in which his brother was shipwrecked. Ultimately Prospero broke his wand, and his daughter married the son of the King of Naples. (Shakespeare: Tempest.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Prorogue
Pro.’s
Proscenium
Proscription
Prose
Prose
Proselytes
Proserpina or Proserpine
Proserpine’s Divine Calidore
Prosperity Robinson
Prospero
Protagoras of Abdera
Protean
Protectionist
Protector
Protesilaos
Protestant
Proteus (pron. Pro-tuce)
Proteus
Prothalamion
Proto-martyr

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Prospero