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Diadochi

Di·ad·o·chi [ dī áddəkee ]


plural noun 
Definition:
 
successors of Alexander Great: the six Macedonian generals who divided up and then fought over the empire of Alexander the Great after his death

[Mid-19th century. < Greek diadokhoi "successors" < diadekhesthai (see diadochy)]
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