Usually means: Word or symbol representing something else.
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  1. signifier: Merriam-Webster
  2. signifier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. signifier: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. signifier: Collins English Dictionary
  5. signifier: Vocabulary.com
  6. signifier: Wordnik
  7. signifier: Wiktionary
  8. signifier: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. signifier: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. signifier: Dictionary.com
  11. Signifier: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. signifier: Rhymezone
  13. signifier: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. signifier: FreeDictionary.org
  15. signifier: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. signifier: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. signifier: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. signifier: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. signifier: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. signifier: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

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Definitions from Wiktionary (signifier)

noun:  Something or someone that signifies, makes something more significant or important.
noun:  (cartomancy) A card representing a querent, question, or situation.
noun:  (linguistics, philosophy) A sign, such as a written or spoken word, which refers to some concept, object or person, the signified.

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