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cachet definition

ca·chet (ka s̸hā′, kas̸h′ā)

noun

  1. a seal or stamp on an official letter or document
  2. any sign of official approval
    1. a mark or sign showing something is genuine, authentic, or of superior quality
    2. distinction; prestige
  4. Philately a commemorative design on an envelope that marks some historical or philatelic event
  5. a little, round wafer enclosing a bad-tasting medicine

Etymology: Fr < cacher: see cache

transitive verb

Philately to print a cachet on (an envelope)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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