Main entry: majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase, capital, capital letter
Definition: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
Usage: printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters
Main entry: majuscule, capital, great
Definition: uppercase
Usage: capital A; great A; many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script
Main entry: majuscule
Definition: of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries