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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A preposition used as a mark of noble rank before a surname, as German von in Wernher von Braun and French de in Simone de Beauvoir
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- noun grammar a
preposition found innames , indicatingnobility
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