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Definition of avatar noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

avatar

noun

NAmE//ˈævəˌtɑr//

1a picture of a person or an animal that represents a person, on a computer screen, especially in a computer game or chat room

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2(in Hinduism and Buddhism) a god appearing in a physical form

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