alexander | (n) European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb, Syn. Smyrnium olusatrum, Alexanders, black lovage, horse parsley |
alexander | (n) king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC), Syn. Alexander the Great |
alexander archipelago | (n) a group of islands off southeastern Alaska |
alexander i | (n) the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825), Syn. Aleksandr Pavlovich, Czar Alexander I |
alexander ii | (n) the son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881), Syn. Alexander the Liberator, Czar Alexander II |
alexander iii | (n) son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894), Syn. Czar Alexander III |
alexander vi | (n) Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503), Syn. Pope Alexander VI, Borgia, Rodrigo Borgia |
bell | (n) a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905), Syn. Alexander Melville Bell, Melville Bell |
bell | (n) United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922), Syn. Alexander Bell, Alexander Graham Bell |
blok | (n) Russian poet (1880-1921), Syn. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich Blok |
calder | (n) United States sculptor who first created mobiles and stabiles (1898-1976), Syn. Alexander Calder |
craigie | (n) English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966), Syn. Sir William Alexander Craigie, William A. Craigie |
fleming | (n) Scottish bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955), Syn. Alexander Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming |
hamilton | (n) 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), Syn. Alexander Hamilton |
humboldt | (n) German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859), Syn. Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Alexander von Humboldt |
korda | (n) British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956), Syn. Sandor Kellner, Sir Alexander Korda |
low | (n) British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963), Syn. Sir David Low, David Low, Sir David Alexander Cecil Low |
mackenzie | (n) 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), Syn. Sir Alexander Mackenzie |
milne | (n) English writer of stories for children (1882-1956), Syn. A. A. Milne, Alan Alexander Milne |
pope | (n) English poet and satirist (1688-1744), Syn. Alexander Pope |
pushkin | (n) Russian poet (1799-1837), Syn. Alexander Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin |
schumann | (n) German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856), Syn. Robert Schumann, Robert Alexander Schumann |
selkirk | (n) 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), Syn. Alexander Selkirk, Alexander Selcraig, Selcraig |
simon | (n) United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001), Syn. Herb Simon, Herbert A. Simon, Herbert Alexander Simon |
solzhenitsyn | (n) Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918), Syn. Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
todd | (n) Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907), Syn. Lord Todd, Sir Alexander Robertus Todd |
ustinov | (n) British actor and playwright (1921-2004), Syn. Sir Peter Ustinov, Peter Alexander Ustinov |
wilson | (n) Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813), Syn. Alexander Wilson |
woollcott | (n) United States drama critic and journalist (1887-1943), Syn. Alexander Woollcott |
亚历山大 | [Yà lì shān dà, ㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄚˋ, 亚 历 山 大 / 亞 歷 山 大] Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name) #17,256 [Add to Longdo] |
鲍罗廷 | [Bào luó tíng, ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄥˊ, 鲍 罗 廷 / 鮑 羅 廷] Borodin (name); Alexander Porfirevich Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer #111,786 [Add to Longdo] |
托勒密 | [Tuō lè mì, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄧˋ, 托 勒 密] Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC; Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成 #120,850 [Add to Longdo] |
鲍罗丁 | [Bào luó dīng, ㄅㄠˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄧㄥ, 鲍 罗 丁 / 鮑 羅 丁] Borodin (name); Alexander Borodin (1833-1887), Russian chemist and composer #284,758 [Add to Longdo] |
亚力山大帝 | [Yà lì shān dà dì, ㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ, 亚 力 山 大 帝 / 亞 力 山 大 帝] Alexander the Great [Add to Longdo] |
亚历山大大帝 | [Yà lì shān dà dà dì, ㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ, 亚 历 山 大 大 帝 / 亞 歷 山 大 大 帝] Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) [Add to Longdo] |
托勒密王 | [Tuō lè mì Wáng, ㄊㄨㄛ ㄌㄜˋ ㄇㄧˋ ㄨㄤˊ, 托 勒 密 王] Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC [Add to Longdo] |