POMPEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pompey mean? 

• POMPEY (noun)
  The noun POMPEY has 2 senses:

1. Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)

2. a port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base

  Familiarity information: POMPEY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POMPEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus; Pompey; Pompey the Great

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Pompey; Portsmouth

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Pompey" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

I saw Cæsar and Pompey at the head of their troops, just ready to engage.

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

“Let me introduce you to Pompey,” said he.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here it is: Ask for Pompey from Jeremy Dixon, Trinity College.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He sprang through a gate into a field, dragging the reluctant Pompey after him.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Pompey is the pride of the local draghounds—no very great flier, as his build will show, but a staunch hound on a scent.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Pompey ran about and whined eagerly outside the gate, where the marks of the brougham’s wheels were still to be seen.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A draghound will follow aniseed from here to John o’Groat’s, and our friend, Armstrong, would have to drive through the Cam before he would shake Pompey off his trail.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Come, Pompey!

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, Pompey, you may not be fast, but I expect you will be too fast for a couple of middle-aged London gentlemen, so I will take the liberty of fastening this leather leash to your collar.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)