Pompey (n.)

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

    [ Syn: pompey , gnaeus pompeius magnus , pompey the great ]

  2. a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britains major naval base

    [ Syn: portsmouth , pompey ]

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