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oth⋅er

[uhth-er]
–adjective
1. additional or further: he and one other person.
2. different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied: in some other city; Some other design may be better.
3. different in nature or kind: I would not have him other than he is.
4. being the remaining one of two or more: the other hand.
5. (used with plural nouns) being the remaining ones of a number: the other men; some other countries.
6. former; earlier: sailing ships of other days.
7. not long past: the other night.
–noun
8. the other one: Each praises the other.
–pronoun
9. Usually, others. other persons or things: others in the medical profession.
10. some person or thing else: Surely some friend or other will help me.
–adverb
11. otherwise; differently (usually fol. by than): We can't collect the rent other than by suing the tenant.
12. every other, every alternate: a meeting every other week.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE ōther (pronoun, adj., and n.); c. G ander, Goth anthar; akin to Skt antara-
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other than  
prep.  With the exception of; except for; besides: Other than one sister, she has no close relatives.
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Word Origin & History

other 
O.E. oþer "the second, one of the two, other," from P.Gmc. *antharaz (cf. O.S. athar, O.N. annarr, Ger. ander, Goth. anþar "other"), from PIE *an-tero-, variant of *al-tero- "the other of two" (cf. Lith. antras, Skt. antarah "other, foreign," L. alter), from base *al- "beyond" + adj. comp. suffix *-tero-. Sense of "second" was detached from this word in Eng. (which uses second, from L.) and Ger. (zweiter, from zwei "two") to avoid ambiguity. In Scand., however, the second floor is still the "other" floor (cf. Swed. andra, Dan. anden). Phrase other world "world of idealism or fantasy, afterlife, spirit-land" is c.1200; hence otherworldliness (c.1834). The other woman "a woman with whom a man begins a love affair while he is already committed" is from 1855. The other day originally (1154) was "the next day;" later (c.1300) "yesterday;" and now, loosely, "a day or two ago" (1421). Phrase other half in reference to either the poor or the rich, is recorded from 1607.
"La moitié du monde ne sçayt comment l'aultre vit." [Rabelais, "Pantagruel," 1532]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

other than

  1. Different from, besides, as in They were shocked to find she has a lover other than her husband. [1250]

  2. In a different manner than; otherwise than, as in How could she be other than happy with the new house? [Late 1800s]

  3. other than that. Except that, as in Other than that the nearest store was five miles away, it was a perfect location.

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