Caxton
/ˈkæk.stən/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
"I recall vividly a bright summer morning, many years ago, when, in search of Caxtons, I entered the inner quadrangle of a certain wealthy College in one of our learned Universities."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A kind of printing-type in imitation of William Caxton's.
- 3 A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3058).
Example
More examples"I recall vividly a bright summer morning, many years ago, when, in search of Caxtons, I entered the inner quadrangle of a certain wealthy College in one of our learned Universities."
Etymology
From Middle English Caxton.