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Definition of Anthony

1. Noun. Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC).

Definition of Anthony

1. Proper noun. ( male given name), in regular use since the Middle Ages. ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthony

Literary usage of Anthony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"St. anthony enthroned on a pedestal •with alabaster panels ; at sides, SS. Cornelius and Cyprian ; in front, a page kneeling holding a large volume. ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature by William Johnson (1859)
"CORLESS, against anthony. THIS was a case of a forcible entry and detainer, brought before this court by certiorari. From the return to the cer- ..."

3. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1815)
"TRAGICAL END OF anthony AND CLEOPATRA. CAESAR, after the war of Alexandria, had set Cleopatra upon the throne, and for form only, had associated her ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"Under anthony Bacon's direction Essex' house soon rivalled Lord ... anthony Bacon was not the only member of his family who joined forces with Essex and ..."

5. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1895)
"anthony Wayne: Bis Campaign against the Indians. ... To many of us he is " Mad anthony,"—the man whose brilliant storming of Stony Point won the admiration ..."

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