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Alter

Pronunciation: /ˈaltər/

“Alter” is a German word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. age, old age
  2. antiquity
  3. epoch, age
  4. nominalization of alt (“someone or something old or bygone”)
  5. old man; old person
  6. mate, bloke (UK); dude, guy (US); a somewhat intimate or mildly dismissive word for a man, especially but not exclusively used as a vocative

interjection

  1. man, dude, mate; used for emphasis

Etymology

From Middle High German alter, from Old High German altar, from Proto-Germanic *aldrą. Cognate with German Low German Oller.

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