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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries;
[syn: Gothic, black letter]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Black letter \Black" let`ter\ The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

black letter n 1: a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries [syn: Gothic, black letter]