Antony
WordNet
noun
(1) Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
WiktionaryText
Proper noun
- , a mostly British spelling variant of Anthony.
Quotations
- ~1607 William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra: Act I, Scene I:
- Demetrius. Is Caesar with Antonius priz'd so slight?
- Philo. Sir, sometimes, when he's not Antony,
- He comes too short of that great property
- Which still should go with Antony.