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marginal notes

marginal notes is the plural of marginal note.

Meaning of marginal note

Noun

marginal note (plural marginal notes)

  1. A note in the margin of a document.
    • Not indeed for the sake of the Tract itself, which we admire little ; but of the marginal Notes, evidently in Teufelsdröckh's hand, which rather copiously fringe it.1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Helotage”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 156
    Synonyms:
    marginalia

Questions about marginal notes

What is marginal notes the plural of?
Marginal notes is the plural of marginal note.

Words near marginal notes in the dictionary

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