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hallmarker

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hall⋅mark

  [hawl-mahrk]
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–noun
1. an official mark or stamp indicating a standard of purity, used in marking gold and silver articles assayed by the Goldsmiths' Company of London; plate mark.
2. any mark or special indication of genuineness, good quality, etc.
3. any distinguishing feature or characteristic: Accuracy is a hallmark of good scholarship.
–verb (used with object)
4. to stamp or imprint (something) with a hallmark.
Origin:
1715–25; Goldsmiths' Hall, London, the seat of the Goldsmiths' Company + mark 1

Related forms:
hallmarker, noun
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hallmark 
1721, official stamp of purity in gold and silver articles, from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, site of the assay office. General sense of "mark of quality" first recorded 1864.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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