Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A photographic likeness mounted on a card, formerly of the size of a visiting-card. Also called
card-picture and card.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A visiting card.
- A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
business card - noun dated A
visiting card - noun obsolete A
photograph of a famous person, the same size as a visiting card
Etymologies
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Borrowing from French carte de visite ("visiting card")
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