Boudicca

American

[boo-dik-uh] / buˈdɪk ə /

noun

Boadicea.

Boudicca British

/ bəʊˈdɪkə /

noun

Also called: Boadicea. died 62 _ad , a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself

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Suzie Hookes owns Boudicca ladies clothes shop in Abersoch and said the plan was "absurd" and "outreageous".

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024

It sheds light on Iron Age Norfolk in the centuries before and during the era of the Iceni tribe, whose queen Boudicca led a failed revolt against the Romans in about AD60.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2024

She started to believe that she was descended from Queen Boudicca and thus the true heir to the English throne.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022

Defying Gravity, her candid new memoir, follows punk’s rapid rise and fall, as well as her own evolution from keen ballet student to the Boudicca of new wave.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2019

The Britons were decisively defeated and Boudicca committed suicide.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

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