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Max·i·mil·ian       [mak-suh-mil-yuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.1832–67, archduke of Austria: emperor of Mexico 1864–67.
2.a male given name.
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Maximilian I
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1459–1519, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1493–1519.
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Maximilian II
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1527–76, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1564–76.
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Max·i·mil·ian       (māk'sə-mĭl'yən)  Pronunciation Key 
Austrian archduke and emperor of Mexico (1864-1867). Appointed emperor by the French, who had recently captured Mexico, he lacked popular support and was captured and executed by Mexican republicans when France withdrew from the country under American pressure.

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Maximilian 
masc. proper name, from L. Maximus and Aemilianus, both proper names. According to Camden, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III (1415-93) coined the name and gave it to his son in hopes the boy would grow up to have the virtues of Fabius Maximus and Scipio Aemilianus.

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Maximilian

Max`i*mil"ian\, n. [From the proper name.] A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter.

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