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Definition of Pompey
1. Noun. Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC).
Generic synonyms: Full General, General, National Leader, Solon, Statesman
2. Noun. A port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: England
Definition of Pompey
1. Proper noun. (informal) The city of Portsmouth ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pompey
1. to pamper [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: pamper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pompey
Literary usage of Pompey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"What d' you want with Pompey? THE VOICE. Philip must tell Pompey at once. ANTISTIA.
... Dust. Dust. That is what the trumpets mean. War. Civil War. Pompey ..."
2. The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1836)
"I have mentioned above how he was sent from Rome, before Pompey receded from
thence, to be provincial governor of Syria. On his arrival thither, ..."
3. The Greatness and Decline of Rome by Guglielmo Ferrero (1909)
"It seems to me however more probable that Pompey renounced the idea because Crassus
... 31), who states that Pompey as Consul took an oath se in nullam ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Pompey and with him Marcus Licinius Crassus, the real conqueror of Spartacus,
were elected ... Pompey lost no time in performing his part of the agreement. ..."
5. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"Pompey. All the quiet valley. And the owls were calling. ... Pompey and THEOPHANES
raise their right hands. Perhaps CORNELIA ought to veil] [The CAPTAIN ..."
6. The Greatness and Decline of Rome by Guglielmo Ferrero (1908)
"THE relations between Crassus and Pompey during the ten years which elapsed
between their joint consulship and that of Caesar are of great importance for ..."
7. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"Pompey accepted the appeal. But the Jews, attached to the reigning prince, refused
obedience, and Pompey was obliged to undertake the siege of Jerusalem. ..."
8. Representative British Dramas, Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"What d' you want with Pompey? THE VOICE. Philip must tell Pompey at once. ANTISTIA.
... Dust. Dust. That is what the trumpets mean. War. Civil War. Pompey ..."
9. The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1836)
"I have mentioned above how he was sent from Rome, before Pompey receded from
thence, to be provincial governor of Syria. On his arrival thither, ..."
10. The Greatness and Decline of Rome by Guglielmo Ferrero (1909)
"It seems to me however more probable that Pompey renounced the idea because Crassus
... 31), who states that Pompey as Consul took an oath se in nullam ..."
11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Pompey and with him Marcus Licinius Crassus, the real conqueror of Spartacus,
were elected ... Pompey lost no time in performing his part of the agreement. ..."
12. Representative British Dramas: Victorian and Modern by Montrose Jonas Moses (1918)
"Pompey. All the quiet valley. And the owls were calling. ... Pompey and THEOPHANES
raise their right hands. Perhaps CORNELIA ought to veil] [The CAPTAIN ..."
13. The Greatness and Decline of Rome by Guglielmo Ferrero (1908)
"THE relations between Crassus and Pompey during the ten years which elapsed
between their joint consulship and that of Caesar are of great importance for ..."
14. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"Pompey accepted the appeal. But the Jews, attached to the reigning prince, refused
obedience, and Pompey was obliged to undertake the siege of Jerusalem. ..."
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