Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Athabaskan-speaking peoples of northwest Canada and inland Alaska considered as a group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
dean , den. - noun Din.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of the
Athabascan peoples.
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Examples
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Hob of the Dene was my Hobden's name, and he lived at the
Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Even in Heritage peripheral characters such as Dene, Cole, and Snap Naab illustrate Grey's penchant for creating colorful, memorable short names.
Zane Grey, Romancing the West May, Stephen J. 1997
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Hob of the Dene was my Hobden’s name, and he lived at the Forge cottage.
Puck of Pook’s Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Saxon words, hToo and Dene, which is the proud valley, a name impofed as he The re'ii; iou« thinks for the fertility thereof) faith, that he hath not heard, nor hitherto found
Antient funeral monuments, of Great-Britain, Ireland, and the islands adjacent 1767
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The Anticipation List ... (by The Awl Staff) • Ritter, Dene, Voss: it just opened!
Blog Watch> The Awl Anticicpates Burlesque, The Whitney, And Chris Cooper The Awl 2010
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It had been arranged by Reg Dickason, England's Australian-born security adviser, and after the defection of the batting coach, Dene Hills, it was easy to joke that Dickason has revealed himself to be a double agent.
Pre-Ashes boot camps: team-building fun or a waste of time? David Hopps 2010
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From July 24 to August 4, young members of the Dene First Nation of Canada will embark on an exploration through one of Canada's most pristine and sacred areas with The Nature Conservancy's lead scientist, Sanjayan.
M. Sanjayan: Thelon Expedition: Mosquitoes Rule the Tundra M. Sanjayan 2011
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This the Dene know; they rarely speak of the weather in the future tense.
M. Sanjayan: Thelon Expedition: The Country M. Sanjayan 2011
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In Atlanta, the long-stalled cranes at the Streets of Buckhead project are expected to start moving again this year, according to the new developer, Dene Oliver .
Lending Revives Stalled Projects Anton Troianovski 2011
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The Anticipation List ... (by The Awl Staff) • Ritter, Dene, Voss: it just opened!
Blog Watch> The Awl Anticicpates Burlesque, The Whitney, And Chris Cooper The Awl 2010
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