"character reference" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "character",
        "3": "reference"
      },
      "expansion": "character + reference",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "character + reference",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "character references",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "character reference (plural character references)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A statement concerning the character of a person, typically for submission during a job application or court proceeding."
      ],
      "id": "en-character_reference-en-noun-yR4ZRBc3",
      "links": [
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "erašxavoragir",
          "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
          "word": "երաշխավորագիր"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
          "word": "品行證明書"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pǐnxíng zhèngmíngshū",
          "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
          "word": "品行证明书"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
          "word": "suosituskirje"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
          "word": "suositus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "référence de caractère"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xarakterístika",
          "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "характери́стика"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "xarakterýstyka",
          "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "характери́стика"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "character reference"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "character",
        "3": "reference"
      },
      "expansion": "character + reference",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "character + reference",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "character references",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "character reference (plural character references)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
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        "English nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A statement concerning the character of a person, typically for submission during a job application or court proceeding."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "erašxavoragir",
      "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
      "word": "երաշխավորագիր"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
      "word": "品行證明書"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pǐnxíng zhèngmíngshū",
      "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
      "word": "品行证明书"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
      "word": "suosituskirje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
      "word": "suositus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "référence de caractère"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xarakterístika",
      "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "характери́стика"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xarakterýstyka",
      "sense": "statement concerning the character of a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "характери́стика"
    }
  ],
  "word": "character reference"
}