Lysander

American

[lahy-san-der] / laɪˈsæn dər /

noun

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

Lysander British

/ laɪˈsændə /

noun

died 395 _bc , Spartan naval commander of the Peloponnesian War

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The boys, Zenuell who is aged five and Lysander, eight, gave her a big hug.

From BBC

I started to call to each person who hit the pillow — “Lysander?”

From New York Times

In a school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, he played the charming Lysander; during a rehearsal, the misfit scoring the play swore at the teacher, and in Yorke, O’Brien found a fellow outsider.

From The Guardian

Meanwhile, the head of the Republic, Mustang, tries to keep her government held together, while the Society’s heir-in-exile Lysander au Lune works to reunite the fractured Gold families.

From The Verge

He testified in his own defense that he beat his wife with a wooden rail as she tried to flee inside their home in the town of Lysander during an argument.

From Washington Times

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