Antony

[an-tuh-nee]

noun

1. Mark Marcus Antonius, 83?–30 b.c., Roman general: friend of Caesar; member of the second triumvirate and rival of Octavian.

2. a first name.

Antony

/ ˈæntənɪ /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

“The only modern playwright to present the same kind of challenges as Shakespeare is Stoppard,” actor Antony Sher told the Independent in 2015.

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Abigail's older brother Antony, 39 has been at his mum's side in Barbados for the last two weeks.

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Signed by Erik ten Hag from Ajax in 2022 as part of his rebuild of the squad, Antony was supposed to bring pace and creativity to the attack.

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It’d be a show of weakness that invites conflict, which was a GOP critique when Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in 2023 that “we do not support” Taiwanese independence.

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Despite hints about his father's origins growing up, the contents of the suitcase shone a light into a past that Antony knew almost nothing about.

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