- upper-case letter as a noun:
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upper-case letter
noun
1 upper-case letter
One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis:
— Printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters.
synonyms: capital, capital letter, majuscule, uppercase.
Dutch: hoofdletter
Polish: duża litera, majuskuła, wersalik, wielka litera
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