(al′ig·zan′dər, -zän′-; Du., Ger. ä′lek·sän′dər)
1. A masculine personal name. Also Fr. A·lex·an·dre (·lek·sä′drə’), Gk. A·lex·an·dros (ä·leks′än·drōs), Pg. A·lex·an·dre (ä′leg·zä′drə)).
2. Name of many kings of Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Yugoslavia, etc.
3. Appellation of eight popes. [<Gk., helper of men]
—Alexander I,
1888–1934, king of Yugoslavia 1921–34.
—Alexander II,
1818–81, czar of Russia 1855–81.
—Alexander III,
died 1181, real name Orlando Bandinelli, pope 1159–81.
—Alexander VI,
1431? –1503, real name Rodrigo Borgia, pope 1492–1503.
—Alexander Nev·ski (nev′skē, nef′-),
1220?–63, Russian hero.
—Alexander Se·ve·rus (sə·vir′əs),
208?–235; Roman emperor 222–235.
—Alexander the Great,
356–323 B.C., king of Macedon 336–323, conqueror of Asia.

(al′ig·zan′dər, -zän′-), Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George,
1891–1969, first Viscount Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal; governor general of Canada 1946–1952.