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Alfred the Great   /ˈælfrəd ðə greɪt/   Listen
Alfred the Great

noun
1.
King of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899).  Synonym: Alfred.





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"Alfred the Great" Quotes from Famous Books



... and hastily wrote the names of Alfred the Great, Shakespeare, Nelson, Gordon, Lord Beaconsfield, Mr Rudyard Kipling, and Mr Sherlock Holmes, while the Queen watched him with 'unbaited breath', as ...
— The Story of the Amulet • E. Nesbit
... "Of course, Alfred the Great, and Sir Philip Sidney, and Princess Elizabeth of France, and all the heroes and heroines of old time—all the people who did such great things and lived such wonderful lives —may be said to have had great minds; but I am not thinking ...
— Esther - A Book for Girls • Rosa Nouchette Carey


Words linked to "Alfred the Great" :   king, male monarch, Rex


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