Scarlet-letter
noun
1.
a scarlet letter “A,” formerly worn by one convicted of adultery.
Scarlet Letter, The
noun
1.
a novel (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
scarlet letter
noun
1.
(esp among US Puritans) a scarlet letter A formerly worn by a person convicted of adultery
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