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Alexander I

American  

noun

  1. Saint, pope a.d. 106?–115.

  2. Aleksandr Pavlovich, 1777–1825, czar of Russia 1801–25.

  3. Alexander ObrenovichorAleksandar Obrenović, 1876–1903, king of Serbia 1889–1903.

  4. 1888–1934, king of Yugoslavia 1921–34 (son of Peter I of Serbia).


Alexander I British  

noun

  1. c. 1080–1124, king of Scotland (1107–24), son of Malcolm III

  2. 1777–1825, tsar of Russia (1801–25), who helped defeat Napoleon and formed the Holy Alliance (1815)

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After the chaos Russia sustained in the 1990s, Mr. Putin, having brought stability, expected to be heralded by the West the way Alexander I was after Waterloo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Heavenly father, I pray for Alexander, I pray that you bring him peace of mind, that you would restore his family and marriage. In Jesus’ mighty name, I pray.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 8, 2022

Organizers planned to march from the city’s Alexanderplatz — a large square named after Russian Tsar Alexander I — to a site near the Brandenburg Gate.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2022

Alexander: I read James Webb, John Del Vecchio and Tim O’Brien and was motivated to join, when those books should have been shoving me away from it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2021

“Miserable. But the pain itself is fading. I told Alexander I wanted to quit that night. I must not have meant it. I only wanted a reaction from him.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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