Ali Baba


Ali Ba·ba

noun \ˌa-lē-ˈbä-bə, ˌä-lē-\

Definition of ALI BABA

: a woodcutter in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments who enters the cave of the Forty Thieves by using the password Sesame

First Known Use of ALI BABA

1812

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