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Octavian

American  
[ok-tey-vee-uhn] / ɒkˈteɪ vi ən /
Octavian British  
/ ɒkˈteɪvɪən /

noun

  1. the name of Augustus before he became emperor (27 bc ) See Augustus

"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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“We feel pretty good, because we know that there’s a lot more that we can achieve,” receiver Octavian Smith Jr. said.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Tagovailoa added a 31-yarder to Octavian Smith Jr. late in the fourth quarter.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 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

Suddenly Percy understood what an effective speaker Octavian was.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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