guillemet
[ gil-uh-met; French geeuh-mey ]
noun
one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
Origin of guillemet
1<French, diminutive of Guillaume William, probably name of inventor
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How to use guillemet in a sentence
Some blocks of quoted text were enclosed in double angle quotation marks (or guillemets).
My Friends the Savages | Giovanni Battista Cerruti
British Dictionary definitions for guillemet
guillemet
/ (ˈɡɪlɪˌmɛt) /
noun
printing another name for duckfoot quote
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