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Webster 1913 Edition

Alexandrian

Alˊex-an′dri-an

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Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt;
as, the
Alexandrian
library
.
2.
Applied to a kind of heroic verse. See
Alexandrine
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Alexandrian

ALEX'ANDRIAN

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Noun.
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 700,000 volumes. The Persians and Turks write for Alexander, Scander, or Sconder; and for Alexandria, Scanderona; hence Scanderoon, a sea port in Syria.

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