lower-case letter

Definitions of lower-case letter
  1. noun
    the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
    synonyms: lowercase, miniscule, minuscule, small letter
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    type of:
    character, grapheme, graphic symbol
    a written symbol that is used to represent speech
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