Lysander

[ lahy-san-der ]

noun

1. died 395 b.c., Spartan naval commander and statesman.

Lysander

/ laɪˈsændə /

noun

1. Lysander395 bcMSpartanMILITARY: naval commander died 395 bc , Spartan naval commander of the Peloponnesian War

Example Sentences

Spartan admirals quickly trained themselves for a new kind of war, and one of them, Lysander, mastered it very quickly.

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Mr. Croker remembered Lysander; and, being thus hedged and hemmed about, sought safety by nominating Mr. Shepard.

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I gave up my horse, saddle and bridle, and also my rifle and sword for Brother Lysander Gee to use in defense of our city.

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She knew that, when Lysander was well and free from pain, nothing pleased him so much as to tease her till she wept.

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There was plenty of cloth in the chests, which Lysander could divide among the buffoons at the next fair in Syracuse.

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"You shall receive from me, on the day of your departure, the same sum and a matron's blue robe," said Lysander.

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