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avant la lettre definition

avant la let·tre (ȧ vän lȧ le′tr')

before the (specified) concept, word, person, etc. existed a mid-Victorian matron who was a feminist avant la lettre

Etymology: Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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