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ostrakon

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os⋅tra⋅kon

[os-truh-kon]
–noun, plural -ka [-kuh] .
ostracon.

os⋅tra⋅con

[os-truh-kon]
–noun, plural -ca [-kuh] .
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, esp. one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.
Also, ostrakon.


Origin:
1880–85; < Gk óstrakon; see ostracize
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