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1. Alexander
   'The Great', king of Macedonia 356-323 BCE. By military skill he extended the Macedonian kingdom from Greece as far as India and Egypt. An inspired leader, master strategist and economically shrewd. When he died of disease aged 33, his kingdom was showing the strain: rife with unrest, imminent war and poor government.
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2. Alexander
   [n] - European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb 2. [n] - king of Macedon
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3. Alexander
   (1893-1920) King of the Hellenes (Greece), second son of King Constantine I, on whose dethronement 1917 he ascended the throne. His government, with Eleutherios Venizelos as premier, enjoyed...
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4. Alexander
   Alexanders noun European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
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5. Alexander
   Alexander the Great noun king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
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6. Alexander
   (from the article `Eusebius of Caesarea`) ...Expelled from Alexandria for heresy, Arius sought and found sympathy at Caesarea, and, in fact, he proclaimed Eusebius as a leading supporter. ... Athanasius (c. 293–373) bestrides the 4th century as the inflexible champion of the Nicene dogma. He had been present at the council, defendi...
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7. Alexander
   sole Byzantine emperor from May 11, 912, and third son of the emperor Basil I. He founded the Macedonian dynasty and caused the renewal of warfare ...
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8. Alexander
   king of Greece from 1917 to 1920.
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9. Alexander
   king of Poland (1501–06) of the Jagiellonian dynasty, successor to his brother John Albert.
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10. Alexander
    prince of Serbia from 1842 to 1858.[4 related articles]
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11. Alexander
    king of Serbia (1889–1903), whose unpopular authoritarian reign resulted not only in his assassination but also in the end of the Obrenovi dynasty.[3 related articles]
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12. Alexander
    Alexander is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `protector of mankind ` Where is it used? The name Alexander is mainly used In English, German and In Dutch.It is an abbreviated form of Alondra, used In Spanish.Sandra, used In Italian and In English.Sandro, used In Italian.Santeri, used In Finnish.Aleksi, used In Finnish.How d
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13. Alexander
    The Alexander was a British convict transport of 450 tons displacement, three masts ship rigged, launched in 1785 and first sailed to Australia, carrying convicts to found the proposed colony of Botany Bay on the 12th of May 1787, arriving on the 20th of January 1788. The Alexander was known to be in service until 1808.
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14. Alexander
    Alexander is servant to Cressida.
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15. Alexander
    Type: Term Pronunciation: al-ek-zan′dĕr Definitions: 1. W. Stewart, 20th-century New Zealand pathologist. See: Alexander disease
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16. Alexander
    Type: Term Pronunciation: al-ek-zan′dĕr Definitions: 1. Gustav, Austrian otolaryngologist, 1873-1932. See: Alexander hearing impairment
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17. Alexander
    Alexander, 1893–1920, king of the Hellenes (1917–20), second son of Constantine I. After his father's forced abdication, he succeeded to the Greek throne with the support of the Allies, who distrusted the sympathies of his elder brother George (later King George II). Alexander died of a ...
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18. Alexander
    Alexander (Alexander of Battenberg), 1857–93, prince of Bulgaria (1879–86); second son of Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt and nephew of Alexander II of Russia. He served in the Russian army against the Turks (1877–78) and, backed by the Rus sian czar, was elected hereditary pri...
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19. Alexander
    Alexander, in Greek mythology: see Paris.
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20. Alexander
    Alexander, in the Bible. 1. Kinsman of Annas. 2. Son of Simon of Cyrene, probably a Christian. 3. Heretic condemned by Paul. 4. Coppersmith who did Paul harm. 5. Jew who tried to speak during a riot at Ephesus. The last three may be the same man. The Alexanders in the books of the Maccabees are Alex...
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21. Alexander
    Alexander (Alexander Obrenović) (ōbre'nuvich) , 1876–1903, king of Serbia (1889–1903), son of King Milan. He succeeded on his father's abdication. Proclaiming himself of age in 1893, he took over the government, abolished (1894) the relatively liberal constitution of 1889...
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22. Alexander
    Alexander, 1888–1934, king of Yugoslavia (1921–34), son and successor of Peter I. Of the Karadjordjević family, he was educated in Russia and became crown prince of Serbia upon the renunciation (1909) of the succession by his brother George. He led Serbian forces in the Balkan War ...
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23. Alexander
    Alexander (Alexander Karadjordjević) (kărujôr'juvich) , 1806–85, prince of Serbia (1842–58), son of Karageorge (Karadjordje). He was elected to succeed the deposed Michael of Serbia. Weak and vacillating, he did not send troops to aid the Slavic minorities in Hungar...
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24. Alexander
    Alexander is a variety of apple.
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25. Alexander
    (III) King of Macedon 336–323 BC and conqueror of the Persian Empire. As commander of the powerful Macedonian army he conquered Greece in 336 BC, defeated the Persian king Darius III in Asia Minor in 333 BC, then moved on to Egyp...
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