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Webster 1913 Edition

O'

O’

.
[Ir.
o
a descendant.]
A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies
grandson
or
descendant
of, and is a character of dignity;
as,
O’
Neil,
O'
Carrol
.

O’

(ō; unaccented ō̍)
,
p
rep.
A shortened form of
of
or
on
.
“At the turning o' the tide.”
Shak.

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