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Meaning of ampersand in English
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/ˈæmpərˌsænd/
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Noun
ampersand
Etymology
late 18th century: alteration of and per se and ‘& by itself is and’, formerly chanted as an aid to learning the sign
Definitions
1.
a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)