Pompey

[pom-pee]

noun

1. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnusthe Great, 106–48 b.c., Roman general and statesman: a member of the first triumvirate.

Pompey

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/ ˈpɒmpɪ /

noun

1. an informal name for Portsmouth

Pompey

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/ ˈpɒmpɪ /

noun

1. called Pompey the Great; Latin name Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. 106–48 _bc , Roman general and statesman; a member with Caesar and Crassus of the first triumvirate (60). He later quarrelled with Caesar, who defeated him at Pharsalus (48). He fled to Egypt and was murdered

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"They must have just thought another day in Pompey."

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Pompey boss Mousinho could quite easily have been another of the managers to have lost his job last season.

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Pompey really struggled when striker Colby Bishop was out last season.

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A statement from the club said: "We are devastated to report that a Pompey fan has died following a medical emergency at Fratton Park today."

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And she’s been playing with the coordinates of those Pompey Park courts inscribed on the toes of her left tennis sneaker.

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