Lucretia
Americannoun
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Roman Legend. Also Lucrece a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
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a female given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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“Proper is a word forged by men who would seek to enslave us with it,” Lucretia counsels Ilithyia.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
In a strange coincidence of casting, she recently finished shooting the Netflix drama “Death by Lightning,” in which she portrays Lucretia Garfield, the wife of another doomed 19th century president.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025
Common Pleas Judge Lucretia Clemons agreed the jury note was “inflammatory,” according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024
At the convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott presented the Declaration of Sentiments, a list of demands and resolutions to be put forward for signatures, demands like the right to vote.
From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2023
Giving up his obligations at the Eclectic and leaving Lucretia and Trot to move in with her parents in Hiram, Garfield went to war.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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