Almain

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French Alemaigne, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin Alamannia (territory of the Alamanni tribe), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic.

Proper noun

Almain

  1. (now historical) Germany. [from 13th c.]
    • c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London 1846:
      The x. of Awgust Maximilian emperowr of Almayne came to kynge Henry of England besyde Terwen, and there the emperowre had wages of the kynge.
    • 1994, Marianne Constable, The Law of the Other, page 162:
      The merchants who owned the goods claimed that the King of Almain was the lord of the town, and the Bishop could not do justice in the matter.

Noun

Almain (plural Almains)

  1. (now archaic, literary, poetic) A German. [from 14th c.]
  2. A kind of dance. See allemande. [from 16th c.]

Adjective

Almain (comparative more Almain, superlative most Almain)

  1. (now archaic, historical) German. [from 15th c.]

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