HyperDic: alexander_ii

English > 1 sense of the expression Alexander II:
NOUNperson Alexander II, Czar Alexander II, Alexander the Liberatorthe son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881)
English > Alexander II: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningThe son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881).
SynonymsCzar Alexander II, Alexander the Liberator
Instance ofczar, tsar, tzarA male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
RegionRussiaA former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital
CatalanAlexandre II

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