Alger

Definition: Alger

Alger

Noun

1. American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899).

"Alger" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an elf spear".

Date "Alger" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references)

Synonym: Alger

Synonym: Horatio Alger (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Alger

English words defined with "Alger": Horatio Alger. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Alger": Solution Based Modelling. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Alger" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (Algiers), Icelandic (absolute), Swedish (Algiers).

Domain	Usage
Clever	Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason. (references; author: Alger)
Movie/TV Titles	Alger - Le Cap (1951) 000 Soldiers Reviewed by the President at Camp Alger May 28 15 (1898) General Wheeler and Secretary of War Alger at Camp Wikoff (1898) Alger la blanche (1986)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, and the Schism in the American Soul (reference) In the Name of Security: The Trials of Alger Hiss / The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg / The Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Audio Theatre Series) (reference) Morningstar Mutual Fund Report: Alger Balanced B [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Thomson Financial Mutual Fund Report : AMCGX: Alger Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio Class B Fund [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Alger Footprints (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Figure 30. Aime dredges -- small model on left, large model on right. These dredges were designed by Georges Aime, Professor of Physics at the College of Alger, in 1840 for the study of small quantities of sediment. They were not used as part of a depth-measuring system.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., standing at rostrum, opening the San Francisco Conference, with Mayor Roger Lapham and Governor Earl Warren seated to his right, and Alger Hiss seated to his left. Honor guard and flags of all nations in backg.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Residence of R.A. Alger, front view, Detroit, Mich.Credit: Library of Congress.		General R.A. Alger.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Maker of circus wagons with one of his wagons, Alger, Sheridan County, Montana.Credit: Library of Congress.		Circus wagon made by Mr. Whitmarsh. Alger, Montana.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Decorations in store at Alger, Montana. The early American prints are very good examples.Credit: Library of Congress.		Store building at Alger. Sheridan County, Montana.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Mrs. Russell A. Alger, residence in York Harbor, Maine. Dining room, to fireplace.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Alger	Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
R. W. Alger	Aphorisms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling.
W. R. Alger	We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
William R. Alger	Words of love, are works of love.
	Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond fields of the mind.
	Apothegms are portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feelings.
	The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Alger" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Alger" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	83.33%	15	90,616
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	5.56%	1	339,140
Unclassified Items	5.56%	1	339,140
Noun (singular)	5.56%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	18	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Alger" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Alger	Last name	3,000	4,235
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"Alger" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "an elf spear".

The following table summarizes names related to "Alger."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Algar	Male	English	N/A
Alger	Male	English	Algar
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Alger, MI
Zip Code(s): 48610
Country: USA

2. Alger, OH (village, FIPS 1210)
Location: 40.70951 N, 83.84458 W
Population (1990): 864 (330 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 45812
Country: USA

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Expressions: Alger

Expressions using "Alger": Alger County ♦ Horatio Alger. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Alger

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
alger	112	alger camp fishing willis	4
horatio alger	79	royce alger	4
alger hiss	72	horatio alger biography	4
alger mi	32	alger house	4
alger funds	28	alger com funds	4
alger ohio	27	alger island	4
alger and hotel	18	2003 alger bac	4
fred alger	11	alger camp fish willis	3
the alger fund	9	alger international	3
alger county	9	alger book horatio	3
alger county michigan	7	alger bac2003	3
horatio alger association	6	alger burt horatio paperback	3
horatio alger jr	6	alger case hiss	3
fred alger management	6	alger bed breakfast	3
alger michigan	5	alger rebecca	3
horatio alger scholarship	5	alger associate	3
alger mutual funds	5	horatio alger award	3
alger pat	4	alger wa	2
alger d soie	4	alger book company horatio state united	2
alger radio	4	alger animal county shelter	2
alger photo	4	alger bac	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Alger

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Alger": algerine, algerines. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Alger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alber, Alfgar, Algarth, Algeo, Algeri, algier, Aligarh, Alper, Egler, Elger, Eliger, Malgre, Yalgaar. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Alger

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: argle, glare, lager, large, regal.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-r"
	-1 letter: ager, earl, egal, gale, gear, lear, rage, rale, real.
	-2 letters: age, ale, are, ear, era, erg, gae, gal, gar, gel, lag, lar, lea, leg, rag, reg.
	-3 letters: ae, ag, al, ar, el, er, la, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-r"
	+1 letter: aglare, alegar, angler, argled, argles, argyle, galere, galore, gaoler, garble, gargle, glaire, glared, glares, glazer, gravel, laager, lagers, lagger, larger, larges, malgre, raggle, regale, regnal, tergal.
	+2 letters: aerogel, alegars, algebra, aligner, alleger, allegro, allergy, angerly, anglers, argyles, clanger, dangler, draggle, eagerly, earplug, engrail, enlarge, flagger, flanger, fragile, gabbler, galeres, gallery, galores, gambler, gambrel, gangrel, gaolers, garbled, garbler, garbles, gargled, gargler, gargles, general, glacier, gladder, gladier, glaired, glaires, glancer, glarier, glazers, glazier, gleamer, gleaner, gloater, glomera, gnarled, gomeral, grabble, gracile, grackle, granule, grapnel, grapple, graupel, gravels, gravely, greatly, gremial, greylag, haggler, jangler, laagers, lagered, laggers, langrel, largely, largess, largest, laugher, leaguer, legator, mangler, nargile, pergola, plaguer, raggles, realgar, realign, regaled, regaler, regales, regalia, regally, reginal, reglaze, regular, tangler, tegular, verglas, vorlage, wangler, wrangle.
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