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Meaning of Caxton | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈkæk.stən/

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
  3. A kind of printing-type in imitation of William Caxton's.
  4. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3058).

Examples

“I recall vividly a bright summer morning, many years ago, when, in search of Caxtons, I entered the inner quadrangle of a certain wealthy College in one of our learned Universities.”
“This remarkable passion of the British nobility for editiones principes and Caxtons seems to have lasted but a couple of decades.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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