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Coverdale

American  
[kuhv-er-deyl] / ˈkʌv ərˌdeɪl /

noun

  1. Miles, 1488–1569, English divine: translator of the Bible into English 1535.


Coverdale British  
/ ˈkʌvəˌdeɪl /

noun

  1. Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“It’s time for me to call it a day,” Coverdale said in his Thursday video.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2025

The bad news is, and this is funny — I’m name-dropping — but David Coverdale texts me funny things all the time; I’ve been friends with him a long time.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2024

He and Coverdale formed Whitesnake in 1978, playing on the band's debut EP and first five albums.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2023

Ruth Ann Coverdale was born on Jan. 17, 1935, in Milford, Del., the youngest of five children, and was raised in nearby Slaughter Neck.

From New York Times Nov. 10, 2021

The English Bible, translated by Myles Coverdale from the Vulgate, and printed abroad in 1535.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn

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