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alexandrine noun /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndrɪn/, /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndraɪn/ /ˌælɪɡˈzændrɪn/, /ˌælɪɡˈzændraɪn/ jump to other results - a line of poetry containing six iambic feet
alexandrine adjective /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndrɪn/, /ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndraɪn/ /ˌælɪɡˈzændrɪn/, /ˌælɪɡˈzændraɪn/ (specialist) jump to other results - (of lines of poetry) containing six iambic feet
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French alexandrin, from Alexandre, referring to Alexander the Great (356-323 BC), the subject of an Old French poem in this metre.
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