Added 9 October 2026 pompey noun Categories: PeoplePlacesRare Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about pompey at Wordnik → Where our words come from → Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC). A port city in southern England on the English Channel; Britain's major naval base. Related Words: pompeiimagnuspompeianpolemarchpericleslucullusphaedrusbuonapartefathernovempopulania Back to today's word