Ali

[ ah-lee, ah-lee for 1-4; ah-lee for 5 ]

noun
  1. ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib; "the Lion of God", a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).

  1. Mohammed, 1909–63, Pakistani statesman and diplomat.

  2. Muhammad Cassius (Marcellus) Clay, Jr., 1942–2016, U.S. boxer: world heavyweight champion 1964–67, 1974–78, 1978–79.

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How to use Ali in a sentence

  • Ali Khan” was about to guide the ekka along the rough gangway when Mohammed Rasul interfered.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • Nuzzur Ali's saddle, you may remember, was old and worn, and he had taken that of the Pindharee we last killed.

    Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows Taylor
  • Away with such idle tales, fit only to be bugbears to children, said I mentally; Ameer Ali is not to be frightened by them.

    Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows Taylor
  • It came up with a fair breeze, soon reaching the Hyder Ali, which expected a fight.

  • On up the bay went the other merchantmen, with the Hyder Ali in the rear, and the British squadron hot on their track.

British Dictionary definitions for Ali

Ali

/ (ˈɑːliː) /


noun
  1. ?600–661 ad, fourth caliph of Islam (656–61 ad), considered the first caliph by the Shiites: cousin and son-in-law of Mohammed

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