muhammad ali Meaning, Definition & Usage

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)
   Mohammed Ali; Mehemet Ali.
   
2. noun United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
   Cassius Clay; Cassius Marcellus Clay; Ali.
   

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