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se-tenant
or se ten·ant
[ suh-ten-uhnt, set-n-ahn, suh-tuh-nahn ]
noun
, Philately.
- 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
- denoting two postage stamps of different face values and sometimes of different designs in an unseparated pair
noun
- such a pair of stamps
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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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