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Noun
marginal note (plural marginal notes)
- A note in the margin of a document.
- Synonym: marginalia
- Coordinate terms: endnote, footnote, hatnote, headnote
1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Helotage”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. , London: Chapman and Hall, , →OCLC, 3rd book, page 156:Not indeed for the sake of the Tract itself, which we admire little ; but of the marginal Notes, evidently in Teufelsdröckh's hand, which rather copiously fringe it.
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