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- proper noun A female
given name borrowed from the French form ofRoxana .
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Carter, the Cyrano of the Wolf Pack, now gets his chance to show his "Roxane" passion and desire after being named the new head coach on Friday, replacing the latest Christian.
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Carter, the Cyrano of the Wolf Pack, now gets his chance to show his "Roxane" passion and desire after being named the new head coach on Friday, replacing the latest Christian.
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Roxane's child, if a boy, would be king, with four regents: Perdiccas and Leonnatus (a member of Alexander's inner circle, who had once saved his life) in Asia; the veteran (and well-loved) general Craterus, then en route home with his troops; and old Antipater, viceroy in Macedonia throughout Alexander's campaign, in Europe.
Babylonian Dreaming Peter Green 2011
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Perdiccas, at the time of Alexander's death his second-in-command and the recipient before witnesses of the dying king's signet ring, proposed waiting for Roxane to give birth.
Babylonian Dreaming Peter Green 2011
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Roxane Gay's essay was another voice in the controversy launched last year when Jennifer Weiner went public about about not being as respected as Jonathan Franzen, not getting his level of respect or review coverage.
Lev Raphael: What Do Writers Want? Everything. Lev Raphael 2012
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Roxane Gay recently pointed out in Salon that all our discussions about whether women writers like best selling Jennifer Weiner don't get enough press coverage miss a major point.
Lev Raphael: What Do Writers Want? Everything. Lev Raphael 2012
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Roxane, Alexander's Bactrian wife, aided by one of his generals, had done away with the two Persian wives that Alexander had acquired at Susa; she herself was pregnant, but the resultant child might well prove to be a daughter.
Babylonian Dreaming Peter Green 2011
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Roxane Gay's essay was another voice in the controversy launched last year when Jennifer Weiner went public about about not being as respected as Jonathan Franzen, not getting his level of respect or review coverage.
Lev Raphael: What Do Writers Want? Everything. Lev Raphael 2012
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Roxane Gay recently pointed out in Salon that all our discussions about whether women writers like best selling Jennifer Weiner don't get enough press coverage miss a major point.
Lev Raphael: What Do Writers Want? Everything. Lev Raphael 2012
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