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Meaning of almain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈæl.meɪn/

Definitions

  1. Germany.
    historical
  2. A German.
    archaic, literary, poetic
  3. A kind of dance. See allemande.

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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