Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cocktail made with crème de cacao, sweet cream, and brandy or gin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To treat with harshness and severity, in the manner of Sir Jerome Alexander, an Irish judge in the seventeenth century who was noted for his harsh and merciless decisions, especially in regard to Presbytenans and other nonconformists; by implication, to hang.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a European herb (
Smyrnium olusatrum ) somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb. - noun the famous king of Macedon, son of Philip; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria -- (356-323 BC).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Alexanders : any of variousumbellifers , often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, thecow parsnip
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
- noun European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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C - said ... you might consider exploring alexander technique, which has completely transformed how i approach physical tension, and which has informed and improved my vocal technique immeasurably. the key word in alexander technique is 'technique', which is to say, there is method in choosing to release tension, even in exceedingly stressful situations. if you (like me) are not of the type to 'stop thinking' and 'just sing it', alexander might be the guide to a better way of thinking, which will in turn allow you to just sing it.
Vocal development goal Celeste Winant 2006
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It doesn't matter that everone from alexander to the Soviets have failed there.
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chained_bear commented on the word alexander
"a repellent mixture of gin, crème de cacao and cream." (Article citation/link in the description of my list "The Pansies.")
June 3, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word alexander
See citation on skirret - in the "cow parsnip" sense.
November 10, 2012
chained_bear commented on the word alexander
"Few published cooks omitted recipes for celery fried with cream, eggs or herbs, for mushrooms stewed with cream, or for boiling and buttering vegetables almost unknown today, like alexanders, cardoons and scorzonera.*
* Alexanders were an old-fashioned, bitterish, celery-like root that was about to be replaced by celery; cardoons are artichoke-like thistles; scorzonera is black salsify. The word vegetable had previously referred to any member of the plant kingdom but was first used in print by the agriculturalist Arthur Young in 1767 to refer to the cultivation of specifically edible plants."
--Kate Colquhoun, Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking (NY: Bloomsbury, 2007), 206
January 16, 2017