2. (loan) (personal name) Alexander.
Ā ko ngā tamariki o taua kura i tae ki te 280, i aua tau, ā i akona mātou i raro i te akoranga a Te Rore, a Te Arekahānara Rīra (TW 31/8/1878:9/437). / At the time there were 280 scholars at that school, and we were taught by the Rev. Laway and Rev. Alexander Read.