Homograph

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Homograph \Hom"o*graph\, n. [Gr. "omo`grafos with the same
     letters; "omo`s the same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.)
     One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having
     different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market,
     and fair, a., beautiful.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  homograph
       n : two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way
           but differ in meaning (e.g. fair)