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Pompey

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Noun

1. gnaeus pompeius magnus, pompey, pompey the great

Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)

2. pompey, portsmouth

a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pompey

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noun
an informal name for Portsmouth
noun
called Pompey the Great; Latin name Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. 106–48 bc, Roman general and statesman; a member with Caesar and Crassus of the first triumvirate (60). He later quarrelled with Caesar, who defeated him at Pharsalus (48). He fled to Egypt and was murdered

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Pompey

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(L. name Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) 106-48 b.c.; Rom. general & triumvir

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Pompey

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Roman general and political leader. With Caesar and Crassus he formed a ruling triumvirate (60-53) but was later defeated by Caesar and murdered in Egypt.

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