Dictionary entry

Homograph

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hom″o‐graph (?), n. [Gr. ομὅγραφοσ with the same letters; ομὅσ the same + γράφειν to write.] (Philol.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.