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alexandrian
A ชาวเมือง Alexandria
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ALEXANDRIAN
n.Pertaining to Alexandria. There are many cities of this name, in various parts of the earth. The term is often applied an attribute, or used as a noun, for one who professed or taught the sciences in the school of Alexandria in Egypt; a place highly celebrated for its literature and magnificence, and whose library, it is said, consisted of 7 , volumes. The Persians and Turks write for Alexander, Scander, or Sconder; and for Alexandria, Scanderona; hence Scanderoon, a sea port in Syria.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ALEXANDRIAN
ALEXANDRIAN Al `ex *an "dri *an, a.
1. Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt; as, the Alexandrian library.
2. Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See Alexandrine, n.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Alexandrian
Al ex an dri an |ˌaligˈzandrēən ˌæləɡˈzændriən | ▶adjective of or relating to Alexandria in Egypt. • belonging to or akin to the schools of literature and philosophy of ancient Alexandria. • (of a writer ) derivative or imitative rather than creative; fond of recondite learning.
Oxford Dictionary
Alexandrian
Alex |an ¦drian |ˌalɪgˈzɑːndrɪən | ▶adjective relating to Alexandria in Egypt. • belonging to the schools of literature and philosophy of ancient Alexandria. • (of a writer ) derivative or imitative of previous writers and fond of obscure learning.
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