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ALCIBIADES

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Overview

ALCIBIADES (noun)
  The noun ALCIBIADES has 1 sense:

1. ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)play

  Familiarity information: ALCIBIADES used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ALCIBIADES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Athenian (a resident of Athens)

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)


 Context examples 


If the boy had replied like Alcibiades, By the gods, Socrates, I cannot tell, his grandfather would not have been surprised, but when, after standing a moment on one leg, like a meditative young stork, he answered, in a tone of calm conviction, In my little belly, the old gentleman could only join in Grandma's laugh, and dismiss the class in metaphysics.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)



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