altern
[ awl-tern, al- ]
adjectiveArchaic.
alternate; following one another.
Origin of altern
11635–45; <Latin altern(us) interchangeable, alternating, equivalent to alter the other (see alter) + -nus adj. suffix
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How to use altern in a sentence
And the Duke of altern rubbed his weak eyes and tried hard to think.
Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis StockingTell me, dear, when shall we be able to call you the Duchess of altern?
Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis StockingThat ecstatically happy woman, with Carmen and the obsequious young Duke of altern, appeared behind him in the flood of light.
Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis StockingThe Duke of altern, costumed as a long carrot, fawned in her wake throughout the evening.
Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis StockingI love the real you; not the vain, foolish, self-adoring 150 human concept, called the Duke of altern.
Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking
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