altern

[ awl-tern, al- ]

adjectiveArchaic.
  1. alternate; following one another.

Origin of altern

1
1635–45; <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 Stocking
  • Tell me, dear, when shall we be able to call you the Duchess of altern?

    Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking
  • That ecstatically happy woman, with Carmen and the obsequious young Duke of altern, appeared behind him in the flood of light.

    Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking
  • The Duke of altern, costumed as a long carrot, fawned in her wake throughout the evening.

    Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking
  • I love the real you; not the vain, foolish, self-adoring 150 human concept, called the Duke of altern.

    Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking