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Definition of sans serif noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sans serif

noun

/ˌsæn ˈserɪf/

/ˌsæn ˈserɪf/

(also sanserif)

[uncountable] (specialist)

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(in printing) a typeface in which the letters have no serif
Word Originmid 19th cent.: apparently from French sans ‘without’ + serif.

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