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card of introduction

card of introduction noun: a small printed card which introduces the bearer, identified by another person who recommends that bearer.

Noun

card of introduction

  1. A small printed card which introduces the bearer, identified by another person who recommends that bearer.
    • Marius
      There's a lady, sir, asking to see you.
      Domin
      A lady? Who is she?
      Marius
      I don't know, sir. She brings this card of introduction.
      Domin
      [Reads the card]: Ah, from President Glory. Ask her to come in.c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act...
    Synonyms:
    introductory card

Synonyms of card of introduction

  • introductory card

Questions about card of introduction

What does card of introduction mean?
Card of introduction means a small printed card which introduces the bearer, identified by another person who recommends that bearer.
What part of speech is card of introduction?
Card of introduction is a noun.

Words near card of introduction in the dictionary

  1. card indices
  2. card key
  3. card keys
  4. card mechanic
  5. card mechanics
  6. card of introduction
  7. card of ten
  8. card phone
  9. card phones
  10. card playing
  11. card punch

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