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rebus - What does it mean?

Definition of 'rebus'

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Noun

(wikipedia) (es)
  • A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
  • (heraldry) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs.
  • Verb

  • To mark or indicate by a rebus.
  • * Fuller
  • He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it.

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