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Webster 1913 Edition

(brē̍-vēr′)

Noun.

[Prob. from being originally used in printing a

breviary

. See

(Print.)

A size of type between bourgeois and minion.

☞ This line is printed in brevier type.

Noun.

A small king of printing types, in size between bourgeois and minion. It is much used in printing marginal notes.