Alexandrian is either:
- an adjective referring to a place called Alexandria, as in Alexandrian text-type
- a person from and/or inhabiting a city called Alexandria
- a member of a group of Alexandrians, equally associated with Alexandria, as an Ancient school of theologians
- A regional stage in the Silurian geological period.
Famous quotes containing the word alexandrian:
“A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza;—read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“This is not yet an Alexandrian feast.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)