Boadicea

[ boh-ad-uh-see-uh ]

noun

1. died a.d. 62, queen of the Iceni: leader of an unsuccessful revolt against the Romans in Britain.

Boadicea

/ ˌbəʊədɪˈsiːə /

noun

1. See Boudicca
   another name for Boudicca

Example Sentences

In the great revolt of Boadicea the nationalist party seem to have massacred many thousands of them along with actual Romans.

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Jael was a Hebrew Boadicea; Gideon, at the head of his three hundred men, might have been a hero of mediaeval romance.

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Boadicea, rather than let herself be taken alive, put an end to her own existence by poison.

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The Britons were driven off, and next morning Boadicea was attacked and defeated in her own camp.

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Next day Boadicea marched to Epiake, the Roman head-quarters in that district, and setting it on fire, destroyed the garrison.

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