Ampersand" src="http://typographydeconstructed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ampersand-white.gif" alt="Ampersand" width="190" height="190" />A stylized character of the Latin et used to represent the word and.

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An ampersand (or epershand) "&" is a logogram representing the conjunction word "and". The symbol is a ligature of the letters et, which is Latin for "and".