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

The new adaptation gives voice to Calpurnia, Finch’s housekeeper who helped to raise his kids, Scout and Jem.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Sorkin’s script — which cuts the undergrowth of minor characters and enhances others, particularly the maid Calpurnia and Tom Robinson, the man falsely accused of rape — was the thing that really grabbed Kinnear.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2021

Here, one imagines the fulfilled dreams of Calpurnia, the indomitable Black housekeeper in Atticus’s Maycomb, Ala., home, a woman of keen insight for whom opportunity was frustratingly denied.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2020

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

Calpurnia thrust her into a stiffly starched pink dress, held her chin firmly between thumb and forefinger, and raked her hair with a sharp-toothed comb.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee