capital (n)
capital letter (n)
uppercase (n)
upper-case letter (n)
majuscule (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
def "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases
def capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
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Hypernym character, grapheme, graphic symbol
Derivationally related form majuscule → majuscular
Antonym uppercase → lowercase
Derivationally related form capital → capital; capital → capitalize
Derivationally related form capital → capitalise
Hyponym small capital, small cap
Incoming links
Derivationally related form capital → capital; capitalize → capital
Derivationally related form majuscular → majuscule
Hyponym character, grapheme, graphic symbol
Antonym lowercase → uppercase
Hypernym small capital, small cap
Derivationally related form capitalise → capital

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