double dagger

American  

noun

Printing.

1. a mark (‡) used for references, as footnotes.

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double dagger British  

noun

1. Also called: diesis.   double obelisk.  a character (‡) used in printing to indicate a cross reference, esp to a footnote

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Etymology

Origin of double dagger

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

"So, that's like a double dagger," she said.

From Fox News • Mar. 20, 2022

His equipment consists of a broad-bladed hunting-knife and a double dagger, each of whose triangular blades fits into a central handle.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.

Footnote symbols in the text include the asterisk, the dagger, the double dagger, and the section, for which I have substituted, respectively, the *, the +, the #, and the $.

From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Browne, Thomas, Sir