Definitions
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- proper noun A male
given name , most famously held by Alexander the Great. - proper noun A patronymic
surname .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although overwhelmed with too many subplots, THE ALEXANDER CIPHER is a terrific thriller that cleverly interweaves historical tidbits of Ancient Egypt and Macedonia during the Alexander era into the contemporary adventure.
The Alexander Cipher-Will Adams « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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Alexander sagittā vulnerātus est, _Alexander was wounded by an arrow_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Alexander, dum inter prīmōrēs pugnat, sagittā ictus est, _Alexander, while he was fighting in the van, was struck by an arrow_; dum haec geruntur, in fīnēs Venellōrum pervēnit, _while these things were being done, he arrived in the territory of the Venelli_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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_The Story of Alexander's Empire_, 1-11; Hogarth, _Philip and Alexander of Macedon_; Wheeler, _Alexander the Great_.
The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Charles Foster Kent 1896
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ALEXANDER - One person was killed in a single-car accident near Alexander, the N.C. Highway Patrol reported Tuesday.
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Alexander the Great [Footnote: _Alexander the Great_ may be taken as one name, or _Great_ may be called an explanatory modifier of
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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Alexander appears at the window and then at the door of the ante-room_.] _Alexander enters_.
Armenian Literature Anonymous
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Alexander the Great [Footnote: _Alexander the Great_ may be taken as one name, or _Great_ may be called an explanatory modifier of
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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Alexander the Great [Footnote: _Alexander the Great_ may be taken as one name, or _Great_ may be called an explanatory modifier of
Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Brainerd Kellogg
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The creator, Sarah Burton, the powerhouse behind the label Alexander McQueen, stars in a five-minute video, talking the reader through the technicalities of her design.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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