Calpurnia

American  

[kal-pur-nee-uh] / kælˈpɜr ni ə /

noun

1. flourished 1st century b.c., third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44.

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Example Sentences

Williams’ Calpurnia doesn’t have to say a word to make her angry truth felt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022

I created this tension between Calpurnia and Atticus.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

The play’s power, though, resides in the dignified stoicism of its morally righteous characters, Yaegel T. Welch’s Tom and Atticus’s longtime housekeeper, Calpurnia.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

And the story’s most prominent black characters — Calpurnia and Tom Robinson — are allowed more opportunity in the play to voice their frustrations about racial injustice.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2020

Harry said, “Too bad. I’d have liked to see him in the pet show. Step right up, folks, come and see Calpurnia Virginia Tate and her giant pet moth!”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly