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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Alman,
 
a German. The French Allemand, a German, which, of course, is the classic Alamani or Alamanni. Similarly, Almany = Germany, French, Allemagne.   1
       
“Chonodomarjus and Vestralpus, Aleman kings,
… sat them downe neere unto Argentoratum.”
       
Holland: Ammianus Marcellius.
        “Now Fulko comes … And dwelt in Amany.”—Harrington: Orlando Furioso, iii. 30.
 


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