Defoe

American

[dih-foh] / dɪˈfoʊ /

Or De Foe

noun

Daniel 1659?–1731, English novelist and political journalist.

Defoe British

/ dɪˈfəʊ /

noun

Daniel. ?1660–1731, English novelist, journalist, spymaster, and pamphleteer, noted particularly for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). His other novels include Moll Flanders (1722) and A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)

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Woking director of football Jody Brown says there were "growing concerns" across the club before the National League side parted ways with former England striker Jermain Defoe as manager.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Defoe scored 305 goals in 763 senior appearances for clubs including West Ham, Tottenham, Portsmouth and Sunderland, while scoring 20 times in 57 international appearances, before retiring in 2022.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

“But I still sat there and thought, ‘Jermain Defoe’.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

Defoe could shape opinion within it, publishing essays and pamphlets as well as reporting secretly to London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

I snuck into the library and took a book from the shelves—a story called Robinson Crusoe by Mr. Defoe.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

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