Antony
Mark Marcus Antonius, 83?–30 b.c., Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.
a male given name.
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Mark Antony supposedly gave the island to Cleopatra as a gift, and King Richard the Lionheart wed Queen Joanna there in 1191.
Antony Polonsky's The Jews in Poland and Russia is a stupendous - almost crushing - work of scholarship.
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I understood, Mr. Clifton, that you were the solicitor employed to wind up the affairs of the late Mr. Antony Clifton.
First Plays | A. A. MilneI can see now the happy ruminating smile which came so often on my Uncle Antony's face in those latter months.
First Plays | A. A. MilneHe contrived, it was said, to be at once as rich as Croesus and as riotous as Mark Antony.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayAntony and Cleopatra had been captured and brought into the dining-room, where they were to spend the winter in a glass bowl.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonIn less than two minutes the cranium of Mark Antony Figgins was as smooth and destitute of hair as a bladder of lard.
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British Dictionary definitions for Antony
/ (ˈæntənɪ) /
Mark. Latin name Marcus Antonius. ?83–30 bc, Roman general who served under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars and became a member of the second triumvirate (43). He defeated Brutus and Cassius at Philippi (42) but having repudiated his wife for Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, he was defeated by his brother-in-law Octavian (Augustus) at Actium (31)
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