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Main Entry:  ersatz1
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  substitute, artificial and often inferior; using substitute components
Etymology:  German 'replacement'

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Main Entry:  ersatz1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  an artificial substitute; imitation
Etymology:  German 'replacement'

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Main Entry:  ersatz2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  simulated, counterfeit
Etymology:  German 'replacement'

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Main Entry:  ersatz2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  something similar in a superficial way
Etymology:  German 'replacement'

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er·satz    Audio Help   [er-zahts, -sahts, er-zahts, -sahts] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.serving as a substitute; synthetic; artificial: an ersatz coffee made from grain.
–noun
2.an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute.
[Origin: 1870–75; < G Ersatz a substitute (deriv. of ersetzen to replace)]
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er·satz    Audio Help   (ěr'zäts', ěr-zäts')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory. See Synonyms at artificial.


[German, replacement, from ersetzen, to replace, from Old High German irsezzan : ir-, out; see ud- in Indo-European roots + sezzan, to set; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

er'satz' n.
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ersatz 
1875, from Ger. Ersatz "units of the army reserve," lit. "compensation, replacement, substitute," from ersetzen "to replace."

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adjective
1. artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee" 

noun
1. an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation 

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