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Noun: dagger  da-gu(r)
  1. A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
    - sticker
     
  2. A character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
    - obelisk

Derived forms: daggers

Type of: character, graph, grapheme, graphic symbol, knife

Encyclopedia: Dagger