xerxes i

1. 1.

   king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC)

   SynonymsXerxes the Great

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Questions about xerxes i

What does xerxes i mean?

xerxes i means "king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC)".

What is another word for xerxes i?

Close synonyms include Xerxes the Great. 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 xerxes i a common word?

xerxes i is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.