"place card" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: place cards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} place card (plural place cards)
  1. A card set down at a table to inform a guest (named on the card) where they are to sit. Translations (card showing one's seat): targeta [feminine] (Catalan), nimikortti (Finnish)

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