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Alexander¹ Definition

Al·ex·an·der (al′ig zan′dər)

noun

  1. a masculine name: dim. Alec, Alex, Sandy; equiv. Fr. Alexandre, It. Alessandro, Russ. Aleksandr, Scot. Alistair, Sp. Alejandro; fem. Alexandra, Alexandrina
  2. ☆ a cocktail made of gin, brandy, or rum, with crème de cacao and sweet cream

Etymology: L < Gr Alexandros, lit., defender of men < alexein, to defend + anēr (gen. andros), man

Alexander² Definition

Al·ex·an·der (al′ig zan′dər)

  1. 1777-1825; czar of Russia (1801-25); grandson of Catherine the Great

  2. 1876-1903; king of Serbia (1889-1903): assassinated

  3. 1888-1934; king of Yugoslavia (1921-34): assassinated

  4. 1818-81; czar of Russia (1855-81): emancipated the serfs: assassinated: son of Nicholas I

  5. (born Orlando Bandinelli) died 1181; pope (1159-81)

  6. 1845-94; czar of Russia (1881-94): son of Alexander II

  7. (born Rodrigo de Borja y Doms) 1431-1503; pope (1492-1503): father of Cesare & Lucrezia Borgia

  8. Alexander, Sir Harold R(upert) L(eofric) G(eorge) 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis 1891-1969; Brit. general & statesman: governor-general of Canada (1946-52)

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Alexander Quotes

  Come on and hear, Come on and hear Alexander's Ragtime Band

—Berlin, Irving originally Israel Baline

Truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. See Diogenes of Sinope 275:21.

—Alexander the Great

Quhen Alysaunder oure kyng wes dede, That Scotland led in lauche and le, Away wes sons of alle and brede, Off wyne and wax, of gamyn and gle; Oure gold wes changyd in to lede. Cryst, borne in to virgynyte, Succour Scotland, and remede, That stad is in perplexyte.

—Anonymous