Xerxes I

[ zurk-seez ]

/ ˌzɜrk siz /

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noun

519?–465 b.c., king of Persia 486?–465 (son of Darius I).

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How to use Xerxes I in a sentence

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Barbra Driskill-Scherer is the mother of 9-year-old Gunnar, who has I/DD.
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Republicans keep saying Democrats are obsessed with the I-word.
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Some Democrats are having more success than others in their I-never-met-the-guy campaigns.
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James I. sent forth his famous "Counterblast" and in the strongest manner condemned its use.
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Clinical study of the blood may be discussed under the following heads: I. Hemoglobin.
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The reader wishes to infallibly remember that the date of the beheading of Charles I. was 1649.
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As for the slipperiness of the ground, my opponent will run no greater risks than I. I am not the only impatient one.
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But you are a gambler and so am I. I will play you for those documents against twenty-five thousand francs.
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British Dictionary definitions for Xerxes I

Xerxes I

/ (ˈzɜːksiːz) /

noun

?519–465 bc, king of Persia (485–465), who led a vast army against Greece. His forces were victorious at Thermopylae but his fleet was defeated at Salamis (480) and his army at Plataea (479)

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