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xerxes
/ˈzɝksiːz/
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What does xerxes mean?
proper noun
- A male given name from Old Persian mainly applied to historical and fictional characters.
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proper noun
- (historical) Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
- (historical) Xerxes II, a Persian king who ruled for 45 days in 424 BC before being assassinated.
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Artabanus coming by surprise once upon his nephew Xerxes, chid him for the sudden alteration of his countenance.
As soon as it was day, Xerxes placed himself high up, to view his fleet, and how it was set in order.
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Drawbaugh's defeat sent the Bell stock up once more, and brought on a Xerxes' army of opposition which called itself the "Overland Company."
The Ethiopians in the suite of Xerxes had none but stone weapons, and yet their civilization was several centuries older than that of the Persians.
In that sloping afternoon sunlight, the shadows that the three boats sent down beneath the surface, must have been long enough and broad enough to shade half Xerxes’ army.