Defoe

or De Foe

[ dih-foh ]

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

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How to use Defoe in a sentence

  • Spanish in its origin, it developed into a school in which Defoe and Thackeray distinguished themselves.

    East Anglia | J. Ewing Ritchie
  • Defoe again rode out, met the army of William at Henley-on-Thames, and joined its second line as a volunteer.

    An Essay upon Projects | Daniel Defoe
  • Defoe in this book ran again and again into sound suggestions that first came to be realised long after he was dead.

    An Essay upon Projects | Daniel Defoe

British Dictionary definitions for Defoe

Defoe

/ (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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