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guillemet

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Noun — The punctuation mark « or » (or ‹ or ›), used in some languages in place of ordinary quotation marks.

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Etymology

Comes from French guillemet, a diminutive of the name Guillaume (“William”). It is named after the French typecutter Guillaume Le Bé (1525–1598), who is said to have invented the marks.

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