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Denis

1

[den-is]

noun

  1. a male given name.



Denîs

2

[den-is, duh-nee]

noun

  1. Saint, died a.d. c280, 1st bishop of Paris: patron saint of France.

Denis

/ ˈdɛnɪs, dəni /

noun

  1. Maurice (mɔris). 1870–1943, French painter and writer on art. One of the leading Nabis, he defined a picture as "essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order"

  2. 3rd century ad , first bishop of Paris; patron saint of France. Feast day: Oct 9

“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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A good example of this teamwork is the form of forward Denis Bouanga.

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The movie will be directed by Dune's Denis Villeneuve and is currently in development and being overseen by Amazon MGM Studios after long-serving masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson stood down in February.

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Last week teammate Denis Bouanga, who is in the race for the MLS Golden Boot, declined to shoot at an open net, instead slipping the ball to Son, who scored to complete his first MLS hat trick.

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Andrew Sentance, a former member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy, wrote of "eerie parallels" between the position of the current chancellor and that of the late Denis Healey, chancellor during the 1976 sterling crisis.

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Filmmaker Claire Denis has been fascinated by male aggression for decades.

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