ALLOGRAPH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allograph mean? 

• ALLOGRAPH (noun)
  The noun ALLOGRAPH has 2 senses:

1. a variant form of a grapheme, as 'm' or 'M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme

2. a signature written by one person for another

  Familiarity information: ALLOGRAPH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLOGRAPH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A variant form of a grapheme, as 'm' or 'M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("allograph" is a kind of...):

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A signature written by one person for another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("allograph" is a kind of...):

signature (your name written in your own handwriting)