g.s. gracchus

Grac·chus

[grak-uhs]
noun
1.
Ga·ius Sem·pro·ni·us [gey-uhs sem-proh-nee-uhs] , 153–121 b.c, and his brother, Ti·be·ri·us Sempronius [tahy-beer-ee-uhs] 163–133 b.c., Roman reformers and orators.
2.
the Gracchi [grak-ahy] the brothers Gracchus.
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Gracchus (ˈɡrækəs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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Tiberius Sempronius (taɪˈbɪərɪəs sɛmˈprəʊnɪəs). ?163--133 bc, and his younger brother, Gaius Sempronius (ˈɡaɪəs), 153--121 bc, known as the Gracchi. Roman tribunes and reformers. Tiberius attempted to redistribute public land among the poor but was murdered in the ensuing riot. Violence again occurred when the reform was revived by Gaius, and he too was killed

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G.s. gracchus is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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