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Augustus

au·gus·tus

UK/ɔːˈɡʌstəs/ US/əˈɡʌstəs/ fairly common

noun

1.

Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)

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From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic, venerable”). Doublet of august and August.

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