Remus

[ree-muhs]

Re·mus

[ree-muhs]
noun
1.
Roman Legend. See under Romulus (def. 1).
2.
Uncle. Uncle Remus.
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Rom·u·lus

[rom-yuh-luhs]
noun Roman Legend.
1.
the founder of Rome, in 753 b.c., and its first king: a son of Mars and Rhea Silvia, he and his twin brother (Remus) were abandoned as babies, suckled by a she-wolf, and brought up by a shepherd; Remus was finally killed for mocking the fortifications of Rome, which Romulus had just founded.
2.
a town in S Michigan. 24,857.
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Remus (ˈriːməs)
 
n
Roman myth the brother of Romulus

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