Boudicca

American

[boo-dik-uh] / buˈdɪk ə /

noun

Boadicea.

Boudicca British

/ bəʊˈdɪkə /

noun

Also called: Boadicea. died 62 _ad , a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself

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Rachel says the locals would enjoy telling them stories about how the forest is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of legendary highwayman Dick Turpin, Queen Boudicca and many more.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Around 300 veterans were then waved off on the cruise ship MV Boudicca as it set off for the Normandy commemorations.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2019

We have no way of knowing if Boudicca was beautiful.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2019

Others are quasi-mythical figures, whose lives are so obscured by legend that the truth is hazy: Boudicca, Joan of Arc, Nefertiti, Sybil Ludington, Mata Hari.

From Slate • Jun. 21, 2018

BOADICEA, strictly Boudicca, a British queen in the time of the emperor Nero.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

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