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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trait \Trait\, n. [F., fr L. tractus fr trahere to draw. See
{Trace}, v., and cf {Tract} a region, {Trace} a strap,
{Tret}.]
1. A stroke; a touch.
By this single trait Homer makes an essential
difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. --Broome.
2. A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as a
trait of character.
Note: Formerly pronounced tr[=a], as in French, and still so
pronounced to some extent in England.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
trait
n : a distinguishing feature of one's personal nature
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