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A name given by the Turks to George Castriota, the patriot chief of Epiʹrus. The word is a corruption of Iskander-beg, Prince Alexander (1414–1467).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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