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Definition of: Achitophel
(ə·kit′ə·fel)
In Dryden's satire Absalom and Achitophel, a caricature of Lord Shaftesbury: in allusion to a counselor of King David who joined with Absalom in rebelling against him. II Sam. xv–xvii. Also spelled Ahithophel.
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