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Pom·pey

   [pom-pee]
noun
(Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus; “the Great”), 106–48 b.c., Roman general and statesman: a member of the first triumvirate.
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Pompey1 (ˈpɒmpɪ)
 
—n
an informal name for Portsmouth

Pompey2 (ˈpɒmpɪ)
 
—n
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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