Muhammad Ali n 1: Albanian soldier in the service of Turkey who was made viceroy of Egypt and took control away from the Ottoman Empire and established Egypt as a modern state (1769-1849) [syn: {Mohammed Ali}, {Mehemet Ali}] 2: United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942) [syn: {Ali}, {Cassius Clay}, {Cassius Marcellus Clay}]