almain
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of almain
5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
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(historical)Germany.
“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.”
“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.”
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name
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(historical)Germany.
“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.”
“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
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(archaic, literary, poetic)A German.
“Caſ[ſio]. Is your Engliſh man ſo expert in his drinking? / Iag[o]. Why he drinkes you with facillity, your Dane dead drunke: he ſweats not to ouerthrow your Almaine; he giues your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be fild.”
- A kind of dance. See allemande.
- (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Almain (“type of dance”).
adj
- (archaic, historical)German.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English Alemaine, Almayne, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic.
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