Albinus
Britishnoun
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Between 193 and 197, Severus was confronted by two rivals, Clodius Albinus in Gaul and Britain, and Pescennius Niger in the Near East.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The book centers on Albert Albinus, a middle-aged art critic who takes a special interest in Margot Peters, a 17-year-old aspiring actress and model.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2020
Nowadays, Albinus yodels throughout the four nights he entertains at Hofbrauhaus, whether he’s inserting a ay-ee-ooo into a rendition of The Chicken Dance or yodeling German classics.
From Washington Times • Nov. 7, 2015
In the Roy version, Albinus guesses that she is “seventeen or eighteen”; in the Berg Collection copy, Nabokov crossed out that line and wrote “Eighteen.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 4, 2014
These things were accepted by Albinus as the truth.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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