Polonius is a character in William Shakespeare`s Hamlet. He is chief counselor of the king, and the father of Laertes and Ophelia. Generally regarded as wrong in every judgment he makes over the course of the play, Polonius is described by William Hazlitt as a `sincere` father, but also `a busy-body, [who] is accordingly officious, garrulous, ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonius