Boadicea
Americannoun
noun
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Elle Fanning stars as Zan, the girl he meets at an eerie party, and Nicole Kidman plays Queen Boadicea, the leader of Zan’s faction.
From The Verge • Apr. 3, 2018
Though Lipstadt clearly visualized herself in a heroic role in the trial, even jogging past the London Embankment statue of the warrior queen Boadicea, the reality solicitor Julius sets out for her is quite different.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2016
Arranged chronologically they stretch from Queen Boadicea and Lady Godiva at one end to Katie Price and Jonny Wilkinson at the other.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2013
In Britain her battles with the left—especially the miners—gave her a reputation as a blue-rinse Boadicea.
From Economist • Apr. 8, 2013
Boadicea assisted her mother to the utmost, yet Chloe, worked almost to death, was at length compelled to look out for a minder, in order that her children might not be entirely neglected.
From Bill the Minder by Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath)
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