Cato.

He is a Cato. A man of simple life, severe morals, self-denying habits, strict justice, brusque manners, blunt of speech, and of undoubted patriotism, like the Roman censor of that name.

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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.

Catholic Relief
Catholic Rent (The)
Catholic Roll (The)
Catholicon
Catholicos
Catiline’s Conspiracy
Catilines and Cethegi (The)
Catius
Catkins
Cat-lap
Cato
Cato-Street Conspiracy
Catsup or Ketchup
Catted
Catual
Catum (Al) [the strong]
Catwater
Caucasians
Caucus
Caudine Forks
Caudle