Xerxeses

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A form of Xerxes — Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Xerxes

    It need not be said that we have already proceeded farther than the time of Darius Hystaspis without mentioning the names succeeding his amongst the Persian kings, those of the Xerxeses, the Artaxerxeses, and the Dariuses of later years,

    1849, Samuel Eliot, The liberty of Rome: a history, page 84
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APA

Xerxeses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xerxeses

MLA

“Xerxeses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Xerxeses. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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