Definitions for Alexander

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Alexander al·ex·an·der

Spelling: [al-ig-zan-der, -zahn-]

IPA: /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər, -ˈzɑn-/

Alexander is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 256 anagrams from letters in Alexander (aadeelnrx).

Definitions for Alexander

noun

1. a cocktail made with crème de cacao with gin or brandy (brandy alexander) and sweet cream.
2. Alexander the Great.
3. Also, Alexandros. Classical Mythology. Homeric name for Paris.
4. Franz [frants,, franz,, frahnts] /frænts,, frænz,, frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1891–1964, U.S. psychoanalyst, born in Hungary.
5. Grover Cleveland, 1887–1950, U.S. baseball player.
6. Sir Harold R. L. G (Alexander of Tunis) 1891–1969, English field marshal.
7. Samuel, 1859–1938, British philosopher.
8. William, 1726–83, general in the American Revolution.
9. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “defender of men.”.
10. Saint, pope a.d. 106?–115.
11. (Aleksandr Pavlovich) 1777–1825, czar of Russia 1801–25.
12. (Alexander ObrenovichorAleksandar Obrenović) 1876–1903, king of Serbia 1889–1903.
13. 1888–1934, king of Yugoslavia 1921–34 (son of Peter I of Serbia).
14. died 1073, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1061–1073.
15. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich) 1818–81, czar of Russia 1855–81.
16. died 1181, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1159–81.
17. (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich) 1845–94, czar of Russia 1881–94.
18. (Rinaldo Conti) died 1261, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1254–61.
19. 1340?–1410, Cretan ecclesiastic: pope 1409–10.
20. (Rodrigo Borgia) 1431?–1503, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1492–1503 (father of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia).
21. (Fabio Chigi) 1599–1667, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1655–67.
22. (Pietro Ottoboni) 1610–91, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1689–91.

Origin of Alexander

First recorded in 1925-30; probably after the proper name

Examples for Alexander

In 1877, when in campaign in Bulgaria, alexander did not know what "nerves" meant.

Then he read a chapter in Plutarch about alexander the Great.

I named it the alexander Spring, after my brother, who discovered it.

alexander Gilkes has partied with Jay Z in Paris and toured vineyards with the rapper, too.

alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, summed up the Southern attitude in his 1861 Cornerstone Speech.

alexander and Adorno were doing what they could to save the officer on the passenger side, Liu.

Left alexander Spring, in company with Windich, to look for water ahead.

Then, a couple of years later, I learned that Scott [alexander] and Larry [Karaszewski] had written a script.

So did alexander Hamilton, and on a grander scale than your AmEx.

"Not him, but yourself, brother," said alexander; and Gilbert was silenced.