alexander : Idioms & Phrases

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alan alexander milne

  • noun English writer of stories for children (1882-1956)
    A. A. Milne; Milne.
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alexander alexandrovich blok

  • noun Russian poet (1880-1921)
    Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok; Blok.
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alexander archipelago

  • noun a group of islands off southeastern Alaska
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alexander bell

  • noun United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
    Alexander Bell; Bell.
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alexander calder

  • noun United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976)
    Calder.
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alexander fleming

  • noun Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
    Alexander Fleming; Fleming.
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alexander graham bell

  • noun United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
    Alexander Bell; Bell.
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alexander hamilton

  • noun 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)
    Hamilton.
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alexander i

  • noun the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)
    Aleksandr Pavlovich; Alexander I.
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alexander ii

  • noun the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)
    Alexander the Liberator; Alexander II.
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alexander iii

  • noun son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894)
    Alexander III.
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alexander isayevich solzhenitsyn

  • noun Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918)
    Solzhenitsyn; Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn; Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn.
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alexander melville bell

  • noun a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
    Melville Bell; Bell.
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alexander pope

  • noun English poet and satirist (1688-1744)
    Pope.
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alexander pushkin

  • noun Russian poet (1799-1837)
    Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin; Pushkin.
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alexander selcraig

  • noun 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)
    Selkirk; Selcraig; Alexander Selcraig.
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alexander selkirk

  • noun 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)
    Selkirk; Selcraig; Alexander Selcraig.
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alexander the great

  • noun king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
    Alexander.
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alexander the liberator

  • noun the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)
    Alexander the Liberator; Alexander II.
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alexander vi

  • noun Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)
    Borgia; Rodrigo Borgia; Alexander VI.
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alexander wilson

  • noun Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
    Wilson.
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alexander woollcott

  • noun United States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943)
    Woollcott.
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baron alexander von humboldt

  • noun German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
    Baron Alexander von Humboldt; Humboldt.
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baron friedrich heinrich alexander von humboldt

  • noun German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
    Baron Alexander von Humboldt; Humboldt.
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czar alexander i

  • noun the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)
    Aleksandr Pavlovich; Alexander I.
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czar alexander ii

  • noun the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)
    Alexander the Liberator; Alexander II.
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czar alexander iii

  • noun son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894)
    Alexander III.
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herbert alexander simon

  • noun United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)
    Herbert A. Simon; Simon; Herb Simon.
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peter alexander ustinov

  • noun British actor and playwright (1921-2004)
    Ustinov; Sir Peter Ustinov.
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pope alexander vi

  • noun Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)
    Borgia; Rodrigo Borgia; Alexander VI.
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robert alexander schumann

  • noun German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856)
    Schumann; Robert Schumann.
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sir alexander fleming

  • noun Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
    Alexander Fleming; Fleming.
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sir alexander korda

  • noun British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956)
    Korda; Sandor Kellner.
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sir alexander mackenzie

  • noun 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)
    Mackenzie.
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sir alexander robertus todd

  • noun Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
    Lord Todd; Todd.
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sir david alexander cecil low

  • noun British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
    David Low; Low; Sir David Low.
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sir william alexander craigie

  • noun English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)
    William A. Craigie; Craigie.
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