Alexandrine Definition

aligzandrin, aligzandrēn
noun
A line of English verse composed in iambic hexameter, usually with a caesura after the third foot.
American Heritage
An iambic line having normally six feet; iambic hexameter.
Webster's New World
A line of French verse consisting of 12 syllables with a caesura usually falling after the sixth syllable.
American Heritage

A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.

Wiktionary

An Alexandrine parrot or parakeet.

Wiktionary
adjective
Characterized by or composed in either of these meters.
American Heritage
Of an alexandrine.
Webster's New World

Belonging to Alexandria; Alexandrian.

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Other Word Forms of Alexandrine

Noun

Singular:
alexandrine
Plural:
alexandrines

Origin of Alexandrine

  • French alexandrin from Old French from Alexandre title of a romance about Alexander the Great that was written in this meter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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