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Lesser Known British Comic Strips — A number of comic strips in British newspaper ran for many years, but little information is still available on them. This page will list some that were published and hope their history could possibly be expanded.* Belinda Blue eyes was modelled… … Wikipedia
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lesser — (adj.) early 13c., a double comparative, from LESS (Cf. less) + ER (Cf. er) (2). Johnson calls it a barbarous corruption of less, formed by the vulgar from the habit of terminating comparatives in er. As an adverb from 1590s; now generally poetic … Etymology dictionary
lesser — adjective (only before noun) 1 formal not as large, as important, or as much as something else: They originally asked for $5 million, but finally settled for a lesser sum. | to a lesser extent/degree: the growing influence of Tokyo, and to a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
known — known1 [nəun US noun] the past participle of ↑know 1 known 2 known2 W3 adj 1.) [only before noun] used about something that people know about or have discovered ▪ a study of all the known facts ▪ her last known address ▪ Apart from vaccines,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lesser — less|er1 [ lesər ] adjective only before noun * 1. ) FORMAL smaller, less important, or less serious than something else: matters of lesser importance He was flanked by two officers of lesser rank. lesser charge: She was found guilty of the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lesser — less|er [ˈlesə US ər] adj [only before noun] 1.) formal not as large, as important, or as much as something else ≠ greater ▪ They originally asked for $5 million, but finally settled for a lesser sum. to a lesser extent/degree ▪ This was true in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lesser — [[t]le̱sə(r)[/t]] 1) ADJ COMPAR: ADJ n, the ADJ of n You use lesser in order to indicate that something is smaller in extent, degree, or amount than another thing that has been mentioned. No medication works in isolation but is affected to a… … English dictionary
lesser — I UK [ˈlesə(r)] / US [ˈlesər] adjective [only before noun] * 1) formal smaller, less important, or less serious than something else matters of lesser importance He was flanked by two officers of lesser rank. lesser charge/offence: She was found… … English dictionary
lesser — [ˈlesə] adj formal I smaller, less important, or less serious than something else She was encouraged by her mother and, to a lesser extent, her father.[/ex] • the lesser of two evils the less unpleasant or harmful of two possible choices[/ex] II… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
