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Julius

American  
[jool-yuhs] / ˈdʒul jəs /

noun

  1. a male given name: a Roman family name.


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This earned Agrippa the gratitude of his friend’s great-uncle, Julius Caesar, the conqueror of Gaul and dictator of Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

"Don't be surprised when the gas comes your way," quipped Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone's president and the current head of West Africa regional bloc Ecowas, following Sunday evening's ceremony in Freetown.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Julius Baer sees room for gold prices to regain lost ground, as the Swiss private bank reckons the Fed is unlikely to raise its interest rates while the dollar could weaken.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Julius Wechter was playing marimba — dear friend of mine.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Although he made use of his reputation for generosity in order to gain the papacy, Pope Julius II then decided not to maintain this reputation, in order to be able to wage war.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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