Boadicea
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Several breast cancer risk calculators like Boadicea already exist and none are perfect.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
In Britain her battles with the left—especially the miners—gave her a reputation as a blue-rinse Boadicea.
From Economist ● Apr. 8, 2013
Poor Boadicea: if she suffered all that is said, "an indignant mien" would seem to be a weak description of her state of mind; but a rhyme was necessary.
From England by Sir Frank Fox
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