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headnote definition

head·note (hed′nōt′)

noun

a brief explanatory note prefacing a chapter, poem, story, legal report, etc.

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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