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aldermost

aldermost adjective: most of all.

Adjective

aldermost (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Most of all.
    • So the king bade Thord bear forth the banner, but he himself followed the banner, and that company withal which he had chosen to be anigh him in the battle. And those men were the aldermost of daring and the best arrayed in his company.1894, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga Library, Volume 4

Origin of aldermost

From alder- + most.

Questions about aldermost

What does aldermost mean?
Aldermost means most of all.
What part of speech is aldermost?
Aldermost is an adjective.

Words near aldermost in the dictionary

  1. aldermanships
  2. Aldermaston
  3. aldermen
  4. aldermen hung in chains
  5. aldermen in chains
  6. aldermost
  7. aldern
  8. Alderney
  9. Alderneys
  10. alderpeople
  11. alderperson

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