Denis
[den-is]
- a male given name.
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Denîs
[den-is; French duh-nee]
- Saint,died a.d. c280, 1st bishop of Paris: patron saint of France.
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Contemporary Examples
Earlier this month, the friendliest of them, 31-year-old Denis, told us they were given very short notice to evacuate Sloviansk.
“Denis, if you had met the rebels as frequently as I have, you would be as passionate as I am,” Power told McDonough.
So do Pavel Yurov, 33, a prominent Kiev theatrical producer, and artist Denis Grishchuk, 29.
Ukraine Journalists Still Enduring Brutal Kidnappings, Imprisonment, and Maybe WorseCathy Young
May 18, 2014
The deputy chairman of the presidium of the Donetsk Republic, Denis Pushilin, also predicts “good results.”
What else are we to conclude from his interview with New York Daily News columnist Denis Hamill, published today?
Historical Examples
Blaise and Denis were to take the seven o'clock train the following morning.
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And we must deprive you of Denis, for we need his help over a big building affair.
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I must have somebody to help me, and it is just as well to take Denis as a stranger.
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Thus Denis alone had been taken into the other's confidence.
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The stranger is that Denis, that son of the Froments, who has robbed us of our property!
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Denis
- Maurice (mɔris). 1870–1943, French painter and writer on art. One of the leading Nabis, he defined a picture as "essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order"
- Saint Denis or Saint Denys 3rd century ad, first bishop of Paris; patron saint of France. Feast day: Oct 9
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