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Lucretia

American  
[loo-kree-shuh, -shee-uh] / lʊˈkri ʃə, -ʃi ə /

noun

  1. Roman Legend. Also Lucrece a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.

  2. a female given name.


Lucretia British  
/ luːˈkriːʃɪə /

noun

  1. (in Roman legend) a Roman woman who killed herself after being raped by a son of Tarquin the Proud

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As Lucretia, domina of the House of Batiatus, Lawless’ Capuan noblewoman was barred from participating in politics.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

Betty Gilpin portrays First Lady Lucretia Garfield as her husband’s intellectual equal.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 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

Garfield asked her to send a telegram to Lucretia.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

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