Alexander (magician)
WordNet
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
- , 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.
Proper noun
- , cognate to English Alexander.
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- , cognate to English Alexander.
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- , cognate to English Alexander.
Proper noun
- , cognate to English Alexander.