Usually means: Name, often associated with greatness.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word alexander:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. Alexander, alexander: Merriam-Webster
  2. Alexander, Alexander, Alexander: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alexander: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Alexander: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Alexander: Vocabulary.com
  6. Alexander, alexander: Wordnik
  7. Alexander, alexander: Wiktionary
  8. Alexander: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. alexander: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Alexander, alexander: Dictionary.com
  11. Alexander: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Alexander (Alex Ebert album), Alexander (Byzantine emperor), Alexander (Ephesian), Alexander (Hasidic dynasty), Alexander (Mileant), Alexander (Vvedensky), Alexander (actor), Alexander (cocktail), Alexander (disambiguation), Alexander (film), Alexander (grandson of Herod the Great), Alexander (grape), Alexander (magician), Alexander (martyr), Alexander (movie), Alexander (satellite), Alexander (satrap), Alexander (son of Ivan Shishman), Alexander (son of Lysimachus), Alexander (son of Perseus), Alexander (son of Polyperchon), Alexander (soundtrack), Alexander (surname), Alexander (video game), Alexander (yacht), Alexander: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Alexander: Rhymezone
  14. alexander: FreeDictionary.org
  15. alexander: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. alexander: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. alexander: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alexander (Name of Seven Men), Alexander: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alexander: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Arms and Armour (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Alexander: Easton Bible
  2. Alexander: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alexander, alexander, Alexander: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See alexanders as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Alexander)

noun:  A male given name from Ancient Greek, most famously held by Alexander the Great.
noun:  A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Alasdair (“son of Alexander”).
noun:  A place in the United States:
noun:  A city in Arkansas.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for early settler Hugh Alexander.
noun:  A city in Iowa.
noun:  A minor city in Rush County, Kansas; named for early settler Alexander Harvey.
noun:  A town in Maine; named for British politician and financier Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton.
noun:  A town and village therein, in Genesee County, New York; named for early settler Alexander Rea.
noun:  A city in North Dakota; named for early North Dakota politician Alexander McKenzie.
noun:  An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for local lumber businessman John M. Alexander.
noun:  A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
noun:  A community of Manitoba, Canada; named for early settler Alexander Speers.
noun:  A cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and light cream.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of alexander [A cocktail made of cognac or gin, white crème de cacao, and light cream.]

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