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Agrippa

American  
[uh-grip-uh] / əˈgrɪp ə /

noun

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


Agrippa British  
/ əˈɡrɪpə /

noun

  1. 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

Umayma Ben Agrippa, 11, speaks Arabic — Syria’s official language — and feels a special connection to Amal.

From Washington Post Sep. 19, 2022

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

Antony and Cleopatra’s soldiers were starved out by a successful blockade engineered by Octavian and his friend and chief commander Agrippa, and the unhappy couple killed themselves the next year in exile.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

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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