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XERXES I
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
King of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC)
Synonyms:
Xerxes I; Xerxes the Great
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Instance hypernyms:
king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)