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trait definition

trait (trāt)

noun

  1. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, as of personality
  2. character ()
  3. Rare a stroke, trace, or touch

Etymology: Fr, a draft, line, stroke < L tractus, pp. of trahere, to draw

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