masc. proper name, Old English Ælfræd, literally "elf-counsel," from ælf (see elf) + ræd "counsel" (from PIE root *re- "to reason, count"). Alfred the Great was king of the West Saxons 871-899. Related: Alfredian (1814).
Alexandria
Alexandrine
alexia
Alexis
alfalfa
Alfred
alfresco
alga
algae
algal
algebra
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