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 o' /ə, o/

 O'.  A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol.

 O' prep. A shortened form of of or on. “At the turning o' the tide.”
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 O
      n 1: the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B
           antigens; "people with type O blood are universal
           donors" [syn: type O, group O]
      2: a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless
         odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes
         21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant
         element in the earth's crust [syn: oxygen, atomic
         number 8]
      3: the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet