n.
Pronunciation: - ' zan- ˌ dr ē n, -dr ə n, - ˌ dr ī n
Function: noun
Usage: often cap
Etymology: French alexandrin, adjective, from Alexandre Alexander the Great; from its use in a poem on Alexander
Date: 1667
: a line of verse of 12 syllables consisting regularly of 6 iambs with a caesura after the third iamb
– alexandrine adjective