ALFRED

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• ALFRED (noun)
  The noun ALFRED has 1 sense:

1. king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

  Familiarity information: ALFRED used as a noun is very rare.

• ALFRED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

King of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alfred; Alfred the Great

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

 Context examples 

"Where's Lord Alfred?" one of the men bellowed in his ear, shaking him roughly.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

To confirm their suspicions, in May 2016 the team sent a research plane from Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute to fly over the Hiawatha Glacier and map the crater and the overlying ice with a state-of-the-art ice-penetrating radar provided by the University of Kansas.

(Unexpected Discovery Under Greenland Ice, NASA)

"There is a public perception, often based on anecdotal experience, that caffeine is a common acute trigger for heart rhythm problems," said Dr. Peter Kistler, director of electrophysiology at Alfred Hospital and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Australia.

(3 Cups Of Coffee Daily Could Improve Heart Function, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"Come here, Alfred," he called to the crying child, at the same time thrusting his hand into his trousers pocket, where he carried his money loose in the same large way that he lived life in general.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

If a speech be well drawn up, I read it with pleasure, by whomsoever it may be made—and probably with much greater, if the production of Mr. Hume or Mr. Robertson, than if the genuine words of Caractacus, Agricola, or Alfred the Great.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)