Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Egyptian queen (51–49 and 48–30) noted for her beauty and charisma. Octavian defeated the forces led by Cleopatra and Mark Antony at Actium (31).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a queen of Egypt; b. 69 b. c., d. 30 b. c.
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- proper noun A
given name of women in thePtolemy dynasty of Egypt; notablyQueen Cleopatra VII ofEgypt (69 BC - 30 BC); last of thePtolemy family.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
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Examples
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I completely agree with you about Cleopatra the historical figure; my intention insufficiently communicated was to say that the FILM *Cleopatra*, as most Hollywood depictions of Ancient Egypt, depicted "foreign" Afrikans as enslaved to the "indigenous White" Egyptians.
Ancient Egyptian Afrikans, Part Two: The Coyote Kings Debate
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Cleopatra died (_Antony and Cleopatra_, act V. scene ii.).
A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools
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CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA: New views of the chief characters, introduced by two interesting scenes -- of a garrison in Syria by night and of Cleopatra in the arms of the Sphinx.
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The only positive thing Octavian had managed to do was to make the name Cleopatra known to all Italia from highest to lowest.
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The only positive thing Octavian had managed to do was to make the name Cleopatra known to all Italia from highest to lowest.
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So, you know, Cleopatra is struggling, really, to stay in power and to stay alive.
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So I mean, Cleopatra is involved in bumping off two brothers and a sister, and she knows that she couldn't trust any of them.
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And Cleopatra is more or less descended from Alexander the Great or from his step-brother.
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The trial of pertuzumab is called the Cleopatra study.
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