noun.
One of two or more words that have the same spelling but differ in origin, meaning, and sometimes pronunciation, such as fair (pleasing in appearance) and fair (market) or wind (wĭnd) and wind (wīnd).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In philology, a word which has exactly the same form as another, though of a different origin and signification: thus, base the adjective and base the noun, fair the adjective and fair the noun, are homographs. See homonym.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings.
noun.
A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology, such as "bear", the animal, and "bear", to support, to tolerate, etc.
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noun.
two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)
Word Usage
"Homographs - A homograph is a word that is spelt the same, but has a different meaning."