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se-tenant

or se ten·ant

[ suh-ten-uhnt, set-n-ahn, suh-tuh-nahn ]

noun

, Philately.
  1. a group of stamps that differ in color, value, or design but are printed together on the same sheet and are collected without separating the stamps.


se tenant

/ sə tənɑ̃ /

adjective

  1. denoting two postage stamps of different face values and sometimes of different designs in an unseparated pair
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. such a pair of stamps
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of se-tenant1

1910–15; < French: literally, standing, remaining, holding together, equivalent to se 3rd-person singular reflexive pronoun + tenant present participle of tenir to hold ( tenant )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of se-tenant1

literally: holding together

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