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MUHAMMAD ALI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
Synonyms:
Ali; Cassius Clay; Cassius Marcellus Clay; Muhammad Ali
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
gladiator; prizefighter (a professional boxer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849)
Synonyms:
Mehemet Ali; Mohammed Ali; Muhammad Ali
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)