Campaspe

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proper noun

A supposed concubine of Alexander the Great.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A rural locality in Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.
  2. A river in northern Queensland, which joins the Cape River at Campaspe.
  3. A river in Victoria, Australia, which flows north to join the Murray.
  4. A local government area in northern Victoria, named after the river; in full, the Shire of Campaspe.
nounCampaspe (plural Campaspes)

plural Campaspes

  1. archaicpoeticA man's mistress.

    John Lyly Cupid and my Campaspe play'd / At cards for kisses—Cupid paid: […]

    1 more example

    But there may be Campaspes in our train.

    1836, David Paul Brown, The Prophet of St. Paul's: A Play, in Five Acts, page 23
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APA

Campaspe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Campaspe

MLA

“Campaspe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Campaspe. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Campaspe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Campaspe.

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