Alexander Hamilton
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4.1
- proper noun
- /ˌælɪɡˈzændər ˈhæmɪltən/
- One of Alexander Hamilton's political passions was to develop domestic manufacturing.
Examples
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I had seen the kind once before in a note the young American officer Alexander Hamilton had sent around, thanking Mama for her hospitality.
Fiction book (1994) -
This general framework was firmly established and elucidated in the reports of first Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton (the Reports on Credit, Banking, Manufactures, and the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States).
Blog text (32) -
His name was Alexander Hamilton, I recollect.
Fiction book (1994) -
Indeed, one officer was Alexander Hamilton, now Washington's senior aide-de-camp.
Fiction book (1994) -
Alexander Hamilton even advocated a monarchy.
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Alexander Hamilton, one of the most brilliant American political minds ever, was killed before his prime (arguably) in a duel.
Blog text (32) -
I believe Alexander Hamilton worried that ex-presidents might haunt the land like lost ghosts—is that accurate?
Blog text (32) -
In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
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Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury, and in many ways he's the father of the federal debt.
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One of Alexander Hamilton's political passions was to develop domestic manufacturing.
Synonyms
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An American leader who helped start the United States and set up its money system
Surface Forms
Morphology
Alexander + Hamilton
This is a referential proper name for a historical person; the biographical meaning (US statesman, first Secretary of the Treasury) is not compositional and cannot be derived from the constituent words 'Alexander' and 'Hamilton'. Knowing the individual names does not allow a B1 learner to infer the person's identity or political roles, so the expression is opaque.
Etymology
Alexander Hamilton was an important early U.S. leader who set up the country's money system as the first 'Secretary of the Treasury'. He also wrote many papers about government and died in a famous duel, so people often think of him when they hear 'money' or 'early U.S. government'.