Definition of "Virgil"

Virgil

/ˈvɜːdʒɪl/

proper noun
1. Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.
2. (mainly US) A male given name from Latin.
  Quotations
  A wedding dance at the Avon Ballroom on July 22nd for Mary Paterek and Virgil Loucks (imagine, a youth named Virgil, he must be the youngest Virgil in Minnesota, maybe the last of the Virgil line).
  1985, Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days, Penguin, published 1990
3. A settlement in the town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
4. A place in the United States:
  1. A township and village therein, in Kane County, Illinois.
  2. A minor city in Greenwood County, Kansas.
  3. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cortland County, New York.
  4. A small town in Beadle County, South Dakota.
  5. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.