altern

[ awl-tern, al- ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. alternate; following one another.

Word History and Origins

Origin of altern¹

1635–45; < Latin altern ( us ) interchangeable, alternating, equivalent to alter the other ( alter ) + -nus adj. suffix

Example Sentences

And the Duke of Altern rubbed his weak eyes and tried hard to think.

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Tell me, dear, when shall we be able to call you the Duchess of Altern?

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That ecstatically happy woman, with Carmen and the obsequious young Duke of Altern, appeared behind him in the flood of light.

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The Duke of Altern, costumed as a long carrot, fawned in her wake throughout the evening.

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I love the real you; not the vain, foolish, self-adoring 150 human concept, called the Duke of Altern.

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