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Definition of Almain
1. n. A German.
Definition of Almain
1. Noun. (obsolete) A German. ¹
2. Noun. The German language. ¹
3. Noun. A kind of dance. See (l en allemande '''allemande'''). ¹
4. Adjective. (obsolete) German. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Almain
1. the allemande (an old dance) [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Almain
Literary usage of Almain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Economic History: Select Documents edited by Alfred Edward Bland (1919)
"Be it remembered that Gottschalk of almain, burgess of Lynn, ... CONFIRMATION OF
LIBERTIES TO THE MERCHANTS OF almain [Patent Roll, 9 Edward I, m. 1], 1280. ..."
2. Poems of Places by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1876)
"I oped the door, And ere it closed, I heard a distant spire Start in its sleep,
and murmur of an hour. Alexander St> Glen almain (Glen Almond). GLEN almain ..."
3. Certificate of Musters in the County of Somerset: Temp. Eliz. A. D. 1569 by Somerset (England) (1904)
"William Samford, >two pair of almain rivets furnished. with others ... Treble Lassam,
one pair of almain rivets furnished. lifting of ..."
4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"Ubba, tall captain of his almain guard, When Caesar, in the imperial tent, he
found not; Hath the imperator sought, on every part. ..."
5. Parochial Antiquities Attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester, and by White Kennett, Thomas Delafield (1818)
"... by the help of some almain horse which he brought over with him \ In this
expedition against the Welsh, among the knights and esquires sent by the abbot ..."
6. Narrative and Lyric Poems: For Students by Samuel Swayze Seward (1909)
"GLEN-almain, THE NARROW GLEN IN this still place, remote from men, Sleeps Ossian,
in the Narrow Glen; In this still place, where murmurs on But one meek ..."
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