alemanni

noun

1. (plural, plural-only)A group of Germanic peoples living between the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers from the third to the sixth century.

   “The hasty army of volunteers gradually coalesced into a great and permanent nation, and, as it was composed from so many different tribes, assumed the name of Alemanni, or Allmen ; to denote at once their various lineage, and their common bravery.”

   “The Alemanni were originally composed of fragments of several Germanic peoples, and they remained a loosely knit confederation of tribes in the Suebi group (see Suebi).”

2. (plural, plural-only)Those individuals descended from one of the Alemanni tribes.

   “On the basis of their location along the Rhine River during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, I have concluded that my ancestors were Alemanni and Franks, though lacking in ethnic purity.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of or related to the Alemanni peoples.

   “This time, however, his troops faced the full brunt of an Alemanni force that attacked them on the way.”

2. (not-comparable)Of or related to the Alemannic language or dialects.