Tarquin

Other forms: Tarquins

Definitions of Tarquin
  1. noun
    according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
    synonyms: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Tarquin the Proud, Tarquinius, Tarquinius Superbus
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    Rex, king, male monarch
    a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
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