1. (

• capital ,
• capital_letter ,
• uppercase ,
• upper-case_letter ,
• majuscule

) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters" ;

1. (

• majuscule

) of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries ;

2. (

• capital ,
• great ,
• majuscule

) uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script" ;