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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Z, the last letter of the English Alphabet, is a sibilant articulation, and is merely a vocal S. It bears the same relation to s, as v does to f. With us it has not a compound sound, nor is it a double consonant, as in the Italian and German. It is as simple in its sound as S.
As a numeral, Z stands for 2000, and with a dash over it, Z, for 2,000,000. It is pronounced zee.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"-- Revelation [syn: omega, Z]
2: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard" [syn: Z, z, zee, zed, ezed, izzard]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1967 Z particle II. abbreviation or ZD zenith distance

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural z's or zs) Usage: often capitalized, often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. a. the 26th and last letter of the English alphabet b. a graphic representation of this letter c. a speech counterpart of orthographic z 2. a graphic device for reproducing the letter z 3. one designated z especially as the 26th in order or class or the third in order or class when x is made the first 4. something shaped like the letter Z 5. wink 1 — usually used in plural <catch some z's before dinner> II. abbreviation 1. zero 2. zone

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also z) (pl. Zs or Z's) 1 the twenty-sixth letter of the alphabet. 2 (usu. z) Algebra the third unknown quantity. 3 Geom. the third coordinate. 4 Chem. atomic number.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Z Z (z[=e]; in England commonly, and in America sometimes, z[e^]d; formerly, also, [i^]z"z[e^]rd) Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. ?, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 273, 274.