Alexandrian

Alexandrian is either:

  • an adjective referring to a place called Alexandria, as in Alexandrian text-type
  • a person from and/or inhabiting a city called Alexandria
  • a member of a group of Alexandrians, equally associated with Alexandria, as an Ancient school of theologians
  • A regional stage in the Silurian geological period.

Famous quotes containing the word alexandrian:

    “This is not yet an Alexandrian feast.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza;—read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)