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AMPERSAND
AMPERSAND. A printer's term for the characters & and æ, originally forms of Latin et (and), as in Gilbert & Sullivan. Both & and £ (short for libra pound) survive from the system of ABBREVIATION used by medieval scribes. Once a common replacement for and, it is now largely a flourish on business cards and letter-heads. It also occurs in &c, a variant of etc. It is short for and per se and: ‘and by itself (means) and’.
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TOM McARTHUR. "AMPERSAND." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. TOM McARTHUR. "AMPERSAND." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-AMPERSAND.html TOM McARTHUR. "AMPERSAND." Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language. 1998. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O29-AMPERSAND.html |
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ampersand the sign &, standing for and, as in Smith & Co, or Latin et, as in &c.. The word is recorded from the mid 19th century, and is an alteration of and per se and ‘& by itself is and’, chanted as an aid to learning the sign.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "ampersand." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "ampersand." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-ampersand.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "ampersand." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-ampersand.html |
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am·per·sand / ˈampərˌsand/ • n. the sign & (standing for and, as in Smith & Co., or the Latin et, as in &c.). |
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"ampersand." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ampersand." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ampersand.html "ampersand." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ampersand.html |
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ampersand XIX. For ‘and per se- and ’ i.e. ‘& by itself = and’ (in a primer, etc.).
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T. F. HOAD. "ampersand." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "ampersand." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ampersand.html T. F. HOAD. "ampersand." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ampersand.html |
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ampersand
•and, band, bland, brand, expand, firsthand, gland, grand, hand, land, manned, misunderstand, offhand, rand, righthand, Samarkand, sand, stand, strand, thirdhand, underhand, undermanned, understand, unplanned, untanned, withstand
•graduand • hatband • armband
•headband • neckband • sweatband
•waistband • waveband • wristband
•broadband • showband • noseband
•saraband • backhand • chargehand
•farmhand • deckhand • stagehand
•freehand • millhand • behindhand
•longhand
•beforehand, forehand
•shorthand • gangland • Lapland
•flatland • no-man's-land • Saarland
•farmland • grassland • marshland
•fenland • wetland • Sudetenland
•wasteland • dreamland • peatland
•Matabeleland • Ngamiland
•fairyland • Dixieland • Swaziland
•Thailand • Rhineland • swampland
•washland • homeland • Heligoland
•Basutoland
•clubland, scrubland
•timberland • borderland
•wonderland • Nagaland • Helgoland
•Bechuanaland, Gondwanaland
•Mashonaland • Damaraland
•Nyasaland • platteland • hinterland
•fatherland • motherland
•Namaqualand • Öland • allemande
•confirmand • ordinand • Ferdinand
•Talleyrand • firebrand • Krugerrand
•honorand • Witwatersrand
•greensand • quicksand • analysand
•Streisand • ampersand
•bandstand, grandstand, handstand
•hatstand • kickstand • inkstand
•washstand • hallstand • news-stand
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"ampersand." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ampersand." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ampersand.html "ampersand." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ampersand.html |
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