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MUHAMMAD ALI

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Overview

MUHAMMAD ALI (noun)
  The noun MUHAMMAD ALI has 2 senses:

1. Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)play

2. United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)play

  Familiarity information: MUHAMMAD ALI used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MUHAMMAD ALI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mehemet Ali; Mohammed Ali; Muhammad Ali

Instance hypernyms:

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)


Sense 2

Meaning:

United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ali; Cassius Clay; Cassius Marcellus Clay; Muhammad Ali

Instance hypernyms:

gladiator; prizefighter (a professional boxer)


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