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Boadicea

American  
[boh-ad-uh-see-uh] / boʊˌæd əˈsi ə /

noun

  1. died a.d. 62, queen of the Iceni: leader of an unsuccessful revolt against the Romans in Britain.


Boadicea British  
/ ˌbəʊədɪˈsiːə /

noun

  1. another name for Boudicca

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Elle Fanning stars as Zan, the girl he meets at an eerie party, and Nicole Kidman plays Queen Boadicea, the leader of Zan’s faction.

From The Verge ● Apr. 3, 2018

Though Lipstadt clearly visualized herself in a heroic role in the trial, even jogging past the London Embankment statue of the warrior queen Boadicea, the reality solicitor Julius sets out for her is quite different.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2016

Arranged chronologically they stretch from Queen Boadicea and Lady Godiva at one end to Katie Price and Jonny Wilkinson at the other.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2013

In Britain her battles with the left—especially the miners—gave her a reputation as a blue-rinse Boadicea.

From Economist ● Apr. 8, 2013

In fact there is no evidence to show which way Suetonius marched, or where the defile was, with the wood in rear, in which he induced Boadicea to attack him.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent

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