A-per-se in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "A (the letter A) + the Latin phrase per se (by itself).",
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      "expansion": "A-per-se",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1500, Robert Henryson, The Testament of Cresseid:",
          "text": "O fair Creseide, the flower and A-per-se Of Troy and Greece.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or thing that is preeminent, unique, or which has unusual merit."
      ],
      "id": "en-A-per-se-en-noun-pVnUSOnu",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A person or thing that is preeminent, unique, or which has unusual merit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "A-per-se"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "A (the letter A) + the Latin phrase per se (by itself).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "A-per-se",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1500, Robert Henryson, The Testament of Cresseid:",
          "text": "O fair Creseide, the flower and A-per-se Of Troy and Greece.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or thing that is preeminent, unique, or which has unusual merit."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A person or thing that is preeminent, unique, or which has unusual merit."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "A-per-se"
}

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"A-per-se" meaning in English

Noun