(n) the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825), Syn. Aleksandr Pavlovich, Czar Alexander I
(n) the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881), Syn. Alexander the Liberator, Czar Alexander II
(n) United States statesman and leader of the Federalists; as the first Secretary of the Treasury he establish a federal bank; was mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr (1755-1804), Syn. Alexander Hamilton
(n) Canadian explorer (born in England) who explored the Mackenzie River and who was first to cross North America by land north of Mexico (1764-1820), Syn. Sir Alexander Mackenzie
(n) Scottish sailor who was put ashore on a deserted island off the coast of Chile for five years (providing the basis for Daniel Defoe's novel about Robinson Crusoe) (1676-1721), Syn. Alexander Selkirk, Alexander Selcraig, Selcraig
n. 1.1 a European herb (Smyrnium olusatrum) somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb. Syn. -- Alexanders, black lovage, horse parsley [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2.1 the famous king of Macedon, son of Philip; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria -- (356-323 BC). Syn. -- Alexander the Great [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria. ] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely. [ 1913 Webster ]
[托勒密, Tuō lè mìㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄧˋ] Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC; Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成, See Also: 天文學大成, 天文学大成#120850