Vergil
Americannoun
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Publius Vergilius Maro, 70–19 b.c., Roman poet: author of The Aeneid.
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a male given name.
noun
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Benn also called for a fight with highly-rated Americans Jaron 'Boots' Ennis and Vergil Ortiz Jr. Britons Eubank Jr and Kell Brook have also been mentioned as opponents.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2024
Undefeated Americans Jaron Ennis, 26, and Vergil Ortiz Jr, 25, may be too green to give a true account of their best against Crawford.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2023
In the co-main event, Vergil Ortiz’s power display was matched against a 38-year-old veteran who’d never been knocked out, but couldn’t stop the 21-year-old prospect from Dallas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2019
Vergil studied computer programming and spent his days plotting and scheming the downfall of the demons.
From Forbes ● Feb. 3, 2013
The question Vergil asks himself over and over again is: ‘Who invented…?’; and he runs through a seemingly endless chain of topics, such as language, music, metallurgy, geometry.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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