'Alexander the Great' definitions:
Definition of 'Alexander the Great'
(from WordNet)
noun
King of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC) [syn: Alexander, Alexander the Great]
Definition of 'alexander the great'
From: Easton
- Alexander the Great the king of Macedonia, the great conqueror; probably represented in Daniel by the "belly of brass" (Dan. 2:32), and the leopard and the he-goat (7:6; 11:3,4). He succeeded his father Philip, and died at the age of thirty-two from the effects of intemperance, B.C. 323. His empire was divided among his four generals.