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alexander

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for alexander.

Editorial note

In 1887, their grandfather, Czar Alexander the third had Lenin's brother put up against a wall and shot.

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Quick take

A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of alexander gathered in one view.

noun

A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

noun

A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).

noun

A place in the United States:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for alexander.

Example sentences

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In 1887, their grandfather, Czar Alexander the third had Lenin's brother put up against a wall and shot.

2

Hell, even the United States followed this strategy (spearheaded by Alexander Hamilton) after the war of 1812.

3

Christopher Alexander also wrote A Pattern Language which was one of the inspirations for Beck and Cunningham's thoughts about software design patterns.

4

The investigation of Jeffrey Alexander Sterling does not sound equivalent to a sitting head of state snooping directly on his political rival and their lawyer.

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Scott Alexander also has a good read on these issues.

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I recommend you to read the work of an astrophysicist Alexander F.

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> Here is Scott Alexander doing some pretty good regressions (r=-0.82, p=0.0003).

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The entire core debate of federalism versus anti-federalism (or to put it in perspective of historical figures, the Alexander Hamilton way against the Thomas Jefferson way) has been something going on since before the country was even conceived, and it goes on to this date.

Quote examples

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Both Google and other firms want their products to succeed, which means an increase in market share, or an "Alexander the great" share of the market, if you will.

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The title seems to be a play on the title of a book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"

3

Well for anyone that visits Mexico, the words of Alexander Von Humbold (1811), more than two hundred years ago, still ring true: >“Mexico is the country of inequality.

4

The title has been a fairly frequent pop culture reference with the "Alexander" at the beginning and the "day" at the end replaced with other things, e.g, on the Daily Show, etc.

Proper noun examples

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Alexander the Great would have never dreamed of such a perfect country to conquer with.

2

By capturing abstractions over graphic formats it reminds me a bit of Alexander's A Pattern Language and its relationship to buildings.

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I.e., the same analysis as was done on Scott Alexander's post (see my link), but with the opposite result.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use alexander in a sentence?

In 1887, their grandfather, Czar Alexander the third had Lenin's brother put up against a wall and shot.

What does alexander mean?

A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

What part of speech is alexander?

alexander is commonly used as noun.