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Cassander

American  
[kuh-san-der] / kəˈsæn dər /

noun

  1. c354-297 b.c., king of Macedonia 301-297 (son of Antipater).


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Cassander Titley-O’Neal, director of the National Parks Trust of the Virgin Islands, says an ongoing spaying and neutering project aims to limit Anegada’s cat population.

From Washington Post Jun. 4, 2022

The latter by this time had already had an eventful career: a Macedonian-leaning social conservative, he was already a prolific author when Cassander, the strongman in Pella, installed him as dictator of Athens.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

A sister of Alexander the Great was called Thessalonica, and her name was given to the city of Therma, when rebuilt and embellished by her husband, Cassander, the son of Antipater.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

Having been passed over by his father in favour of Polyperchon as his successor in the regency of Macedonia, Cassander allied himself with Ptolemy Soter and Antigonus, and declared war against the regent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

It was during this war that little King Alexander's grandmother, the Princess Olympias, set out to punish Cassander.

From Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 by Various

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