alfred the great

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   king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

   SynonymsAlfred

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Questions about alfred the great

What does alfred the great mean?

alfred the great means "king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)".

What is another word for alfred the great?

Close synonyms include Alfred. 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 alfred the great a common word?

alfred 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.