BRUTUS

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• BRUTUS (noun)
  The noun BRUTUS has 1 sense:

1. statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC)

  Familiarity information: BRUTUS used as a noun is very rare.

• BRUTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Statesman of ancient Rome who (with Cassius) led a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar (85-42 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Brutus; Marcus Junius Brutus

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

 Context examples 

The governor, at my request, gave the sign for Cæsar and Brutus to advance towards us.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I had the honour to have much conversation with Brutus; and was told, that his ancestor Junius, Socrates, Epaminondas, Cato the younger, Sir Thomas More, and himself were perpetually together: a sextumvirate, to which all the ages of the world cannot add a seventh.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I was struck with a profound veneration at the sight of Brutus, and could easily discover the most consummate virtue, the greatest intrepidity and firmness of mind, the truest love of his country, and general benevolence for mankind, in every lineament of his countenance.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)