noun
beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑queen, ↑queen regnant, ↑female monarch, ↑Egyptian
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Cleopatra [Cleopatra]
a US film (1963), directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz. Elizabeth Taylor played the part of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra and Richard Burton played her lover Mark Antony. These actors also had a romantic relationship and later married. Cleopatra cost $44 million to make and was at the time the most expensive film ever made.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.