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Noun: Muhammad Ali
  1. 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)
    - Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Mohammed Ali, Mehemet Ali
     
  2. United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)
    - Ali, Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay

Type of: gladiator, pongo [Brit, informal], prizefighter, soldier

Encyclopedia: Muhammad Ali, Prince of Said