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SCARLET LETTER
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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)