Usually means: Symbol of adultery and shame.
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  1. scarlet letter: Merriam-Webster
  2. scarlet letter: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. scarlet letter: Wiktionary
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  9. scarlet letter: Rhymezone
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  11. scarlet letter: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. The Scarlet Letter, scarlet letter: Encyclopedia

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  1. The Scarlet Letter, scarlet letter, the scarlet letter: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scarlet letter)

noun:  (historical) The letter "A" in scarlet cloth required to be worn by those convicted of adultery in 17th-century Puritan New England.
noun:  (figurative, by extension) A highly visible stigma.

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