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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)

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Despite the record’s success, the bulk of their planned tour had to be axed because of poor ticket sales, leaving a reinvigorated Coverdale to reconstitute Whitesnake in 1994 with some new members.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2025

"When young children are not regularly given juice from an early age, they are less likely to be regular juice drinkers in later years," suggests Philip Coverdale at GlobalData.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2025

In 2023, Coverdale told Metal Edge that “things went squirrely” between him and Sykes and that “no matter how incredible of an album that we made together, we were unable to connect as people.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 2025

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

It asked for another translation, and therefore the so-called Great Bible was published in 1539, Coverdale revising his former work under the direction of Crumwell, Cranmer, and others.

From The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation by Dobschutz, Ernst Von

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