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Capital letter   /kˈæpətəl lˈɛtər/   Listen
Capital letter

noun
1.
One of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis.  Synonyms: capital, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase.





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"Capital letter" Quotes from Famous Books



... Tetrarch begins with a capital letter. But, according to Rule 8th, "When a common and a proper name are associated merely to explain each other, it is in general sufficient, if the proper name begin with a capital, and the appellative, with a small letter." Therefore, "tetrarch" should here ...
— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown


Words linked to "Capital letter" :   small capital, graphic symbol, grapheme, character, small cap, lowercase


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