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Dekker

American

[dek-er] / ˈdɛk ər /

Or Decker

noun

Thomas, 1572?–1632?, English dramatist.

Dekker British

/ ˈdɛkə /

noun

Thomas. ?1572–?1632, English dramatist and pamphleteer, noted particularly for his comedy The Shoemaker's Holiday (1600) and his satirical pamphlet The Gull's Hornbook (1609)

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Former champion Rob Cross is safely through to the second round of the PDC World Championship after a comfortable 3-0 win over Norway's Cor Dekker in the afternoon session.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

He brought with him a soundtrack of emerging reggae artists, including Desmond Dekker, the Slickers, Scotty, the Melodians and the Maytals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

It was originally scheduled for this month but was postponed because of the security situation in Israel, Dekker says.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2024

The experimental work on the tiny motor was conducted by Cees Dekker of the Delft University of Technology and Hendrik Dietz of the Technical University of Munich.

From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2024

His associate Dekker, who wrote Old Fortunatus, had poetry enough for anything.”

From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.

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