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ALCIBIADES
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• ALCIBIADES (noun)
The noun ALCIBIADES has 1 sense:
1. ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian War (circa 450-404 BC)
Familiarity information: ALCIBIADES used as a noun is very rare.
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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