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Locrin or Locrine (2 syl.)

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Father of Sabriʹna, and eldest son of the mythical Brutus, King of ancient Britain. On the death of his father he became king of Loeʹgria (q.v.). (Geoffrey: Brit. Hist., ii. 5.)

Virgin daughter of Locrine,

Sprung from old Anchisesʹ line,”


Milton: Comus, 942–3.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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