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Definition of alternate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

alternate

noun
 
/ˈɔːltɜːnət/
 
/ˈɔːltərnət/
(North American English)
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  1. a person who does a job for somebody who is away
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin alternat- ‘done by turns’, from alternare, from alternus ‘every other’, from alter ‘other’.
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