altern
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of altern
1635–45; < Latin altern ( us ) interchangeable, alternating, equivalent to alter the other ( see alter) + -nus adj. suffix
Example Sentences
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Annales Typographici, 64 Annalen der altern Deutschen Literatur, &c., ib.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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