marginal note
Noun
Meaning
marginal note (plural marginal notes)
A note in the margin of a document.
Synonym: marginalia
Coordinate terms: footnote, headnote, endnote
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Although a marginal note in the letter suggests that Duchamp generally approved of the statement, Richter did not make the distinction clear until many years later.
The preface probably dates from the late ninth century; the marginal note is on the F manuscript of the Chronicle, which is a Kentish version dating from about 1100.