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Bru⋅tus

[broo-tuhs]
–noun
Marcus Jun⋅ius [joon-yuhs] , 85?–42 b.c., Roman provincial administrator: one of the assassins of Julius Caesar.
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Bru·tus   (brōō'təs)   
Roman politician and general who conspired to assassinate Julius Caesar. In the subsequent power struggle with Mark Antony and Octavian, Brutus was defeated at the Battle of Philippi and committed suicide.
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