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Boudicca

[ boo-dik-uh ]

noun



Boudicca

/ bəʊˈdɪkə /

noun

  1. Boudicca62FBritishPOLITICS: hereditary rulerPOLITICS: military leader died 62 ad , a queen of the Iceni, who led a revolt against Roman rule in Britain; after being defeated she poisoned herself Also calledBoadicea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Suzie Hookes owns Boudicca ladies clothes shop in Abersoch and said the plan was "absurd" and "outreageous".

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It sheds light on Iron Age Norfolk in the centuries before and during the era of the Iceni tribe, whose queen Boudicca led a failed revolt against the Romans in about AD60.

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He was speaking as he power-washed the statue of another queen - Boudicca - who led a revolt by Celtic Britons against the Roman Empire and whose statue overlooks the Houses of Parliament.

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On a smaller scale but a similar theme, Kickass Divas brings Boudicca, Florence Nightingale, Cleopatra and more out of the museum vaults and onto the stage.

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She started to believe that she was descended from Queen Boudicca and thus the true heir to the English throne.

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