Agrippa

American

[uh-grip-uh] / əˈgrɪp ə /

noun

Marcus Vipsanius 63–12 b.c., Roman statesman, general, and engineer: defeated Antony and Cleopatra at Actium.

Agrippa British

/ əˈɡrɪpə /

noun

Marcus Vipsanius (ˈmɑːkəs vɪpˈseɪnɪəs). 63–12 _bc , Roman general: chief adviser and later son-in-law of Augustus

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The lawyer for the two men, Agrippa Malando, said his clients pleaded for leniency as they were first-time offenders.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

Its original manifestation was devised in the year 25 B.C. by Marcus Agrippa – the right-hand man of Rome's first emperor, Augustus – as a temple for emperor worship.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2021

His description of Cornelius Agrippa even strikes an eerily contemporary note:

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2019

He constructed, then, a raft on the Pool of Agrippa, and superimposed a banquet, to be set in motion by other craft acting as tugs.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

Naturally, he countered with Capo Ferro which surprised the man in black, but he defended well, quickly shifting out of Agrippa and taking the attack himself, using the principles of Thibault.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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