I. ˈə-thər adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ōther; akin to Old High German andar other, Sanskrit antara
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included
held on with one hand and waved with the other one
b. : being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied
taller than the other boys
c. : second
every other day
2. : not the same : different
any other color would have been better
something other than it seems to be
3. : additional
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4.
a. : recently past
the other evening
b. : former
in other times
5. : disturbingly or threateningly different : alien , exotic
II. noun
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : one that remains of two or more
b. : a thing opposite to or excluded by something else
went from one side to the other
nature as the other of culture
2. : a different or additional one
the other s came later
3.
a. : one (as another person) that is psychologically differentiated from the self
b. often capitalized : one considered by members of a dominant group as alien, exotic, threatening, or inferior (as because of different racial, sexual, or cultural characteristics)
III. pronoun, sometimes plural in construction
Date: before 12th century
1. obsolete
a. : one of two that remains
b. : each preceding one
2. : a different or additional one
something or other
IV. adverb
Date: 13th century
: otherwise — used with than
was unable to see them other than by going to their home