• (GA) IPA: /ˌælɨɡˈzændɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˌælɨɡˈzɑːndə/
• (ae-tensing, rhotic) IPA: [ˌælɨɡˈzeəndɚ]
• (ae-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA: [ˌælɨɡˈzeəndə]

alexander (plural alexanders)

1. A cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and light cream.

• (GA) IPA: /ˌæ.lɨɡˈzæn.dɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˌæ.lɨɡˈzɑːn.də/
• (ae-tensing, rhotic) IPA: [ˌæ.lɨɡˈzeən.dɚ]
• (ae-tensing, non-rhotic) IPA: [ˌæ.lɨɡˈzeən.də]

1. A male given name, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene i]:

     Why may not imagination trace the noble dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping a bung-hole?

   • 1765 Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandy, Book IV, Chapter 18:

     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.

   • 1985 Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, ISBN 0-7011-2986-7, page 170:

     "My son's name is Alexander," Muriel said. "Did I tell you that? I named him Alexander because it sounded high-class.

2. Surname, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair.
3. A place in US.
   1. A city in Arkansas.
   2. A city in Iowa.
   3. A city in Kansas, ;.
   4. A city in North Dakota, ;.
   5. A town in Maine, ;.
   6. A town and village New York. c en
   7. An unincorporated community in Georgia, ;.
   8. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, ;.
4. A community in Manitoba, Canada.

• Alexandra and its variants
• shorter forms such as Alex, Sandy or Xander

• French: Alexandre
• German: Alexander
• Italian: Alessandro
• Portuguese: Alexandre
• Russian: Алекса́ндр
• Spanish: Alejandro

alexander (plural alexanders)

1. Alternative letter-case form of alexander