ALEXANDER


Meaning of ALEXANDER in English

I. ˌa-lig-ˈzan-dər, ˌe- biographical name

name of 8 popes: especially VI ( Rodrigo Borgia ) 1431-1503 (pope 1492-1503)

II. biographical name

Russian Alek·sandr ˌä-lik-ˈsän-dər

name of 3 emperors of Russia: I 1777-1825 (reigned 1801-25); II 1818-1881 (reigned 1855-81); III 1845-1894 (reigned 1881-94)

III. biographical name

Serbian Alek·san·dar Obre·no·vić ˌä-lik-ˈsän-dər-ō-ˈbre-nə-ˌvich

1876-1903 king of Serbia (1889-1903)

IV. biographical name

Harold Rupert Leofric George 1891-1969 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis British field marshal; governor-general of Canada (1946-52)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.