Lucan

[ loo-kuhn ]

/ ˈlu kən /

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noun

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.

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Words nearby Lucan

lubricity, lubricous, lubritorium, Lubumbashi, Lubyanka, Lucan, Lucania, lucarne, Lucas, Lucas van Leyden, Lucca

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How to use Lucan in a sentence

“I regard not finding Lord Lucan as my most spectacular success in journalism,” said Gibbs.
Sunday Sun’s Lord Lucan Exclusive Is a Letdown|William Coles|February 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Aspinall and Goldsmith definitely had the means and the motive to help Lucan flee.
Lord Lucan’s Whereabouts: The Tabloid Rebirth of a Decades-Old Crime|William Coles|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Lady Lucan has recently restated her belief that he threw himself off the cross-channel ferry to France.
Lord Lucan May Be Alive and in Africa, Says Brother|Tom Sykes|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
All these circumstances seem to have driven Lucan over the edge.
Lord Lucan’s Whereabouts: The Tabloid Rebirth of a Decades-Old Crime|William Coles|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST

She claimed that on both visits Lucan observed his children but did not make contact with them.
Lord Lucan May Be Alive and in Africa, Says Brother|Tom Sykes|February 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And to soothe the sick King, Sir Lucan said he would go to see.
Stories of King Arthur's Knights|Mary MacGregor
Sir Lucan hastened back, and told the King what he had seen.
Stories of King Arthur's Knights|Mary MacGregor
Our author, living in the time of Nero, was contemporary and friend to the noble poet Lucan.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals|John Dryden
Lucan has not spared him in the poem of his Pharsalia; for his very compliment looked asquint, as well as Nero.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals|John Dryden
Lucan relates, that an Oriental nation in alliance with Pompey used the juice of the cane as a common drink.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts

British Dictionary definitions for Lucan (1 of 2)

Lucan¹

/ (ˈluːkən) /

noun

Latin name Marcus Annaeus Lucanus. 39–65 ad, Roman poet. His epic poem Pharsalia describes the civil war between Caesar and Pompey

British Dictionary definitions for Lucan (2 of 2)

Lucan²

/ (ˈluːkən) /

adjective

of or relating to St Luke or St Luke's gospel

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