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Cinna

British  
/ ˈsɪnə /

noun

  1. Lucius Cornelius (ˈluːsɪəs kɔːˈniːlɪəs). died 84 bc , Roman patrician; an opponent of Sulla

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Cinna, real name Brittany Lynn Watts, has 500K followers on Twitch and was recognised last year at the Streamer Awards as best female streamer.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2025

In Stratford-on-Avon, I have guffawed at Bottom’s midsummer-night translation into an ass; in Atlanta, I have yawned over “Julius Caesar’s” Cinna the Poet portrayed as a Vietnam veteran.

From Washington Post Sep. 8, 2021

Norman played the small but key role of Cinna the Poet, opposite Welles’ Brutus.

From Seattle Times May 11, 2021

But Lloyd wanted to pattern Cinna on someone he knew: the Greenwich Village poet Maxwell Bodenheim, who used to sit on the stoops around Washington Square, offering to write poems for twenty-five cents.

From The New Yorker Dec. 4, 2015

Because if there’s one thing I know, it’s that Cinna would never have approved the abuse of these three, who he managed with gentleness and patience.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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