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Alexandrine

ale·xand·rine

UK/ˌælɪkˈsændriːn/ US/ˌælʌˈɡzændrin/ uncommon

noun

1.

a line of verse that has six iambic feet

Origin

From Middle French alexandrin. So called from its use in old French poems on Alexander the Great (Roman d'Alexandre, c. 1177).

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