dite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dite
1905–10; reflecting regional pronunciation of doit, in the sense “trifle”
Example Sentences
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Marianne Dubreuil dite Brion was daughter to Nanette, a former slave who was sold, along with her four children, to a French woman and her husband.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
One was Marianne Dubreuil dite Brion, who owned the apartment I rented and also owned seven slaves.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 12, 2019
As what seems to have happened to the stolen paintings from the Rotterdam Kunsthal museum last year when thieves took these paintings: Femme devant une fenêtre ouverte, dite la Fiancée, 1888.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 23, 2013
In th' manetime I'd advise ye to be careful iv ye'er dite.
From Mr. Dooley Says by Finley Peter Dunne
The notice of the "Grande Maison, dite de Moctezuma," is extracted from the journal of Father Pedro Font, who traversed this country to Monterey, on the Pacific, in 1775.
From The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe by John Russell Bartlett
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