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Deane

/ diːn /

noun

  1. DeaneWilliam Patrick1931MAustralianPOLITICS: politician Sir William Patrick . born 1931, Australian lawyer. He became a High Court judge in 1982 and governor-general of Australia (1996–2001)


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Sky News has reported that one of its cameramen, the veteran Mick Deane, is among those killed.

The opposite bank was manned by Germans, and in the darkness Deane-Drummond fell into a slit trench on top of a German soldier.

Deane-Drummond found a wall cupboard about four feet wide and 12 inches deep with a flush-fitting concealed door.

Silas Deane is a Connecticut merchant and congressional delegate.

We have letters from the forest of Deane, that above 1000 Oakes and as many beeches are blown down in one walk there.

After dinner on board the Elias, and found the timber brought by her from the forest of Deane to be exceeding good.

About the same time congress sent Deane to France as a secret agent.

Kind Dr. Deane looked at her; his face was wonderfully grave.

Everyone who talked about it—and that meant all who knew anything about it—blamed Deane Franklin for not stopping Ruth.

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