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noun
The letter "A" in scarlet cloth required to be worn by those convicted of adultery in 17th-century Puritan New England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A highly visible stigma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
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noun
the letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: emblem, allegory
History
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