ALEXANDER THE GREAT

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• ALEXANDER THE GREAT (noun)
  The noun ALEXANDER THE GREAT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ALEXANDER THE GREAT used as a noun is very rare.

• ALEXANDER THE GREAT (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alexander; Alexander the Great

Instance hypernyms:

conqueror; vanquisher (someone who is victorious by force of arms)

 Context examples 

And because my first inclination was to be entertained with scenes of pomp and magnificence, I desired to see Alexander the Great at the head of his army, just after the battle of Arbela: which, upon a motion of the governor’s finger, immediately appeared in a large field, under the window where we stood.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)