Alman,

a German. The French Allemand, a German, which, of course, is the classic Alamani or Alamanni. Similarly, Almany = Germany, French, Allemagne.

“Chonodomarjus and Vestralpus, Aleman kings,

… sat them downe neere unto Argentoratum.”

Holland: Ammianus Marcellius.

“Now Fulko comes … And dwelt in Amany.”—Harrington: Orlando Furioso, iii. 30.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.