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Definition of: Maximilian
(mak′sə·mil′yən, Ger., Sw. mäk′·si·mē′lē·än)
A masculine personal name. Also Sp. Max·i·mi·li·a·no (mäk′sē·mē′lē·ä′nō), Max·i·mi·li·a·nus (Du. mäk′si·mē′lē·ä′nəs, Lat. mak′si·mil′ē·ā′nəs), Pg. Max·i·mi·li·ão (mäk′·si·mē′lē·ou
′), Fr. Max·i·mi·lien (mák·sē·mē·lya′). [<L, greatest Aemilius]
—Maximilian I,
1459–1519, Holy Roman Emperor 1493–1519,
—Maximilian II,
1527–76, Holy Roman Emperor 1564–76.
—Maximilian (Ferdinand Joseph),
1832–67, archduke of Austria; emperor of Mexico 1864–67; executed.
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