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Noun: Cincinnatus  ,sin-su'ney-tus
  1. Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-430 BC)
    - Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus

Type of: national leader, statesman, statesperson

Encyclopedia: Cincinnatus, New York