Dennis

American  

[den-is] / ˈdɛn ɪs /

noun

1. John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.

2. a town in SE Massachusetts.

3. a male given name: from the Greek word meaning “of Dionysus.”

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Dennis British  

/ ˈdɛnɪs /

noun

1. C ( larence ) J ( ames ). 1876–1938, the poet of the Australian larrikin, esp in The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke (1915) and The Moods of Ginger Mick (1916)

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Dennis

In June, Dennis Quaid decided to say farewell to his longtime Los Angeles abode, listing it for $5.2 million before cutting $500,000 from the asking price on Sept. 29.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Todd Hines wrote to Dennis that he was meeting with Jesse Spiro, Tether’s head of government affairs, and had received a “very worried” call from Ardoino.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Dennis Shea of the BPC said that among all the statewide housing-related ballot initiatives, Prop.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Also this year, a carriage horse named Dennis died in Central Park from eating a toxic plant.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

A murmur of excited interest rose from the watching students; Dennis Creevey actually stood on his chair to see it properly, but, being so tiny, his head hardly rose above anyone else’s.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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