SCARLET LETTER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("scarlet letter" is a kind of...):

allegory; emblem (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)

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