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Dawes

[ dawz ]
/ dɔz /

noun

Charles Gates, 1865–1951, U.S. financier and diplomat: vice president of the U.S. 1925–29; Nobel Peace Prize 1925.
William, 1745–99, U.S. Revolutionary patriot: rode with Paul Revere and Samuel Prescott warning Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston.

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Words nearby Dawes

Davys, daw, dawah, dawbake, dawdle, Dawes, Dawes Act of 1887, Dawes plan, dawk, Dawkins, dawn
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Dawes
/ (dɔːz) /

noun

Charles Gates. 1865–1951, US financier, diplomat, and statesman, who devised the Dawes Plan for German reparations payments after World War I; vice president of the US (1925–29); Nobel peace prize 1925
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