Definition of "Alexander"

Alexander

/ˌæ.lɪɡˈzæn.dɚ/

proper noun
plural Alexanders
1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
  Quotations
  Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?
  c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene i]
  And for my own part, said my uncle Toby, though I should blush to boast of myself, Trim - yet had my name been Alexander, I could have done no more at Namur than my duty.
  1765, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV, Chapter 18
  "My son's name is Alexander," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him Alexander because it sounded high-class.
  1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, page 170
2. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).
3. A place in the United States.
  1. A city in Arkansas.
  2. A city in Iowa.
  3. A city in Kansas; named for early settler Alexander Harvey.
  4. A city in North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie.
  5. A town in Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.
  6. A town and village New York; named for early settler Alexander Rea.
  7. An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander.
  8. An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for local lumber businessman John M. Alexander.
4. A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
5. A community in Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander Speers.
noun
plural Alexanders
1. Alternative letter-case form of alexander