Pompey

American  

[pom-pee] / ˈpɒm pi /

noun

1. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnusthe Great, 106–48 b.c., Roman general and statesman: a member of the first triumvirate.

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Pompey ¹ British  

/ ˈpɒmpɪ /

noun

1. an informal name for Portsmouth

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Pompey ² British  

/ ˈpɒmpɪ /

noun

1. called Pompey the Great; Latin name Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. 106–48 _bc , Roman general and statesman; a member with Caesar and Crassus of the first triumvirate (60). He later quarrelled with Caesar, who defeated him at Pharsalus (48). He fled to Egypt and was murdered

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Example Sentences

After a dreadful start to last season, Pompey required close to play-off form, for much of the campaign to survive.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

And she’s been playing with the coordinates of those Pompey Park courts inscribed on the toes of her left tennis sneaker.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

Strong work from Pompey down the left and a stand-up cross from Connor Ogilvie is an inviting one for Colby Bishop to attack.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024

There are reflections on great generals of the past, such as Alexander the Great, Caesar, and Pompey, and how, despite their resounding triumphs, “they too departed this life.”

From National Geographic • Nov. 16, 2023

Pompey, uneasy about the meeting, bid farewell to his wife with Sophocles’s quote: “Whoever has dealings with a tyrant is his slave, even if he goes as a free man.”

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby