Defoe

American  

[dih-foh] / dɪˈfoʊ /

Or De Foe

noun

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

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Defoe British  

/ dɪˈfəʊ /

noun

1. 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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Defoe

OK, goals are currency and Jermain Defoe has netted more as a substitute than any other Premier League player.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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

With a below-par Rooney and no Owen, that ‘gamble’ to bring Walcott came even more under the spotlight at the expense of the more experienced cover option of Defoe.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

Hidden hands sent the acute and observant Defoe to “gather and dispatch intelligence,” Mr. Mierowsky writes, “extending in the process Westminster’s reach across the British Isles.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

The instructor for her part believed that the text the students used, Adventures in English Literature, which contained selected works by Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser, and Daniel Defoe among others, was too hard for them.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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