alexander the great

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   king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)

   SynonymsAlexander

   Broaderconqueror

Questions about alexander the great

What does alexander the great mean?

alexander the great means "king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)".

What is another word for alexander the great?

Close synonyms include Alexander. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alexander the great a common word?

alexander the great is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.