Octavian
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Though not yet 20, Octavian had become one of the most powerful men in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Instead of Octavian Smith, who had seen primary returning duties on kickoffs in Maryland’s first two games, freshman Braeden Wisloski got the nod against Virginia.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger - who Alfallah previously dated in 2017 - had his eighth child, son Deveraux Octavian Basil, with Melanie Hamrick in 2016 when he was 73.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
Another was the mezzo Samantha Hankey’s alert, youthful Octavian in Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Thinking then of Cæsar Augustus, called Octavian until his majority, I replied that I was named Augustus.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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