2. Verb. (third-person singular of alternate) ¹
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Definition of Alternates
1. alternate [v] - See also: alternate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alternates
Literary usage of Alternates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Government by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"They are sometimes used in local and state conventions but not in national
conventions where their place is taken by the system of alternates. ..."
2. Principles of Constitutional Government by Frank Johnson Goodnow (1916)
""The procedure and method shall be the same for the election of alternates. "
Councils having one, two, or three delegates to choose shall elect one ..."