Alemanni

American  

[al-uh-man-ahy] / ˌæl əˈmæn aɪ /

Or Alamanni

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a confederation of Germanic tribes, first recorded in the 3rd century a.d., that settled in the area between the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers, and made harassing attacks against the Roman Empire.

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Alemanni British  

/ ˌæləˈmɑːnɪ /

noun

1. a West Germanic people who settled in the 4th century _ad between the Rhine, the Main, and the Danube

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Etymology

Origin of Alemanni

First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin, of Germanic origin; cognate with Gothic alamans “totality of humankind,” equivalent to ala- + mann- ; see origin at all, man. Cf. almighty

Example Sentences

When Probus became Emperor, in the year 276, he found a great part of Gaul overrun and ravaged by them and by the Alemanni, on the Upper Rhine.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

Finally, the Alemanni, though defeated and held back by the Franks, maintained their independence in the south-western part of Germany and in Eastern Switzerland, where their descendants are living at this day.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

From the west, from Vindelicia only, could the Alemanni come, who are the nearest Germans to us.

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Dahn, Felix

The custom, indeed, so far from dying out, was adopted by the barbarian conquerors and spread among the Christian Goths in Spain, Franks in Gaul, Alemanni in Germany, and Anglo-Saxons in Britain.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

The news of this peril summoned Valens from the East, but Gratian was hindered from coming to the rescue by an incursion of the Alemanni into Gaul.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly