Definition of "altern" []

• Acting by turns; alternate. (adjective)

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• "The old principle that economists as economists would not recommend the value judgments used to choose altern..."
• "The success of one pitched battle will determine which is to be the general, which the sub-altern, for the rest of the campaign."
• "Those canadian altern-a-teens with those goddamn fiddles!,"