Dawes

[dawz]

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.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for dawes

Contemporary Examples of dawes

Not only was Dawes, like Hoover, a prominent Republican; he was also an ex-RFC official.
Don't Audit The Fed
Justin Green
September 11, 2012

Historical Examples of dawes

Miss Dawes, who had been in high spirits, now took a moment for reflection.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln
Miss Dawes herself opened the door in response to his knock.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln
Miss Dawes was silent likewise, but she thought a great deal.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln
Miss Dawes had "come early," at the captain's urgent appeal.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln
"I told Miss Dawes of the photograph and what it proved," went on Peabody.
Cy Whittaker's Place
Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for dawes

Dawes

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

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