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English Dictionary: homograph by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
homograph
n
  1. two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Homograph \Hom"o*graph\, n. [Gr. "omo`grafos with the same
      letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.)
      One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having
      different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market,
      and fair, a., beautiful.
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