Alexander
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noun


(1)   King of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
(2)   European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
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Etymology


From < < + , genitive of .

Proper noun



  1. , most famously held by Alexander the Great.

Quotations

: Act V, Scene I:
  • Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?
  • 1765 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy, Book IV, Chapter 18:
    And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.
  • 1985 Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, ISBN 0-7011-2986-7, page 170:
    "My son's name is Alexander," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him Alexander because it sounded high-class.

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  1. , cognate to English Alexander.

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  1. , cognate to English Alexander.

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  1. , cognate to English Alexander.

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  1. , cognate to English Alexander.

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  1. , cognate to English Alexander.
 
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