Definition of Alexander the great

1. Noun. King of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC).

Exact synonyms: Alexander
Generic synonyms: Conqueror, Vanquisher
Derivative terms: Alexandrian

Definition of Alexander the great

1. Proper noun. (356–323 BC) A king of ancient Macedon and conqueror of much of Asia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alexander The Great

Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander I
Alexander II
Alexander III
Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Melville Bell
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Selcraig
Alexander Selkirk
Alexander VI
Alexander Wilson
Alexander Woollcott
Alexander of Tralles
Alexander the Great
Alexander the Liberator
Alexanders
Alexandra
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
Alexandre Yersin
Alexandria
Alexandria senna
Alexandrian
Alexandrian laurel
Alexandrian senna
Alexandrina
Alexandrine

Literary usage of Alexander the great

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"... Ide Wheeler's Alexander the Great and GD Hogarth's Philip and Alexander have been very useful here. ..."

2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"... L. alexander the great THE world has seen many great conquerors, but certainly not more than two or three who have stamped their names so indelibly upon ..."

3. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1872)
"To this cause, and to the fine judgment of Alexander the Great, ... Under the rule of Alexander the Great, the Greeks enjoyed the sweetness of disarmed ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"THE DEATH, CHARACTER, AND WORK OF alexander the great From 'A History of Greece' THE intense sorrow felt by Alexander for the death of ..."

5. Ancient Times, a History of the Early World: An Introduction to the Study of by James Henry Breasted (1916)
"CAMPAIGNS OF alexander the great The Greek states were still unwilling to submit to Mace- 688. Alex- donian leadership, and they fancied they could ..."

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