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Alexandrian

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Noun

1. alexandrian

a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt)

Adjective

2. alexandrian

of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Alexandrian

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adjective
1. 
of or relating to Alexander the Great
2. 
of or relating to Alexandria in Egypt
3. 
relating to the Hellenistic philosophical, literary, and scientific ideas that flourished in Alexandria in the last three centuries bc
4. 
(of writers, literary works, etc) erudite and imitative rather than original or creative
noun
5. 
a native or inhabitant of Alexandria

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Alexandrian

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adjective
1. 
of Alexander the Great or his rule
2. 
of Alexandria, Egypt, or the Hellenistic or late Hellenic culture that flourished there

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Alexandrian

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adj.
1. Of or relating to Alexander the Great: the Alexandrian conquests.
2. Of or relating to Alexandria, Egypt.
3. Of, characteristic of, or belonging to a learned school of Hellenistic literature, science, and philosophy located at Alexandria in the last three centuries BC.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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