Definition of Muhammad Ali

1. Noun. 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).

Exact synonyms: Mehemet Ali, Mohammed Ali
Generic synonyms: Soldier

2. Noun. United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
Exact synonyms: Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay
Generic synonyms: Gladiator, Prizefighter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Muhammad Ali

Muerhrcke's sign
Muffly
Muganda
Muggle
Muggle Quidditch
Muggles
Muggletonian
Muggletonians
Mughal
Mugil cephalus
Mugil curema
Mugil liza
Mugilidae
Mugiloidea
Muhammad
Muhammad Ali (current term)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Muhammadan
Muhammadan calendar
Muhammadanism
Muhammedan
Muhammedans
Muharram
Muharrum
Muhlenbergia
Muhlenbergia schreberi
Muhu
Muir
Muirhead
Mujahedeen Khalq

Literary usage of Muhammad Ali

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"After tho departure of tho British, tho country fell into anarchy till it was restored by Muhammad 'Ali, who by the massacre of the remaining ..."

2. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"His son Muhammad Ali escaped south to Trichinopoly. ... Meantime the English had espoused the cause of Muhammad Ali, who was still holding out at ..."

3. The Nile Quest: A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and Its Basin by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"When Egypt had settled down under the iron rule of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the French, who had begun to conceive the idea of supporting the power of that ..."

4. The Making of Modern Egypt by Auckland Colvin (1906)
"THE MAKING OF MODERN EGYPT INTRODUCTORY Scheme of the book—Summary of causes which led to the revolt of 1882— The career of Muhammad Ali—Despotic character ..."

5. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"Muhammad Ali Khan was shot by his uncle Muhammad ... Muhammad Ali Khan, and he refused to leave Kandahar or take part in the management of affairs. ..."

6. A Oriental Biographical Dictionary: Founded on Materials Collected by the by Thomas William Beale, Henry George Keene (1881)
"After tho departure of tho British, tho country fell into anarchy till it was restored by Muhammad 'Ali, who by the massacre of the remaining ..."

7. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"His son Muhammad Ali escaped south to Trichinopoly. ... Meantime the English had espoused the cause of Muhammad Ali, who was still holding out at ..."

8. The Nile Quest: A Record of the Exploration of the Nile and Its Basin by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"When Egypt had settled down under the iron rule of Muhammad Ali Pasha, the French, who had begun to conceive the idea of supporting the power of that ..."

9. The Making of Modern Egypt by Auckland Colvin (1906)
"THE MAKING OF MODERN EGYPT INTRODUCTORY Scheme of the book—Summary of causes which led to the revolt of 1882— The career of Muhammad Ali—Despotic character ..."

10. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"Muhammad Ali Khan was shot by his uncle Muhammad ... Muhammad Ali Khan, and he refused to leave Kandahar or take part in the management of affairs. ..."

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