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Groote

American  
[khroh-tuh, groht] / ˈxroʊ tə, groʊt /
Dutch Groete

noun

  1. Gerhard Gerardus Magnus, 1340–84, Dutch religious reformer, educator, and author: founder of the order of Brethren of the Common Life.


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Almost 600 mm of rain fell at Groote Eylandt over the weekend as the storm moved over remote Gulf of Carpenteria island communities bringing down trees and causing flash flooding.

From Seattle Times Mar. 18, 2024

Doug De Groote, the organization's board secretary, said the vendor payments to Montgomery "represent fair market value or lower for the trade services received."

From Salon Dec. 9, 2020

"It exonerates a number of people who have been accused," Dr De Groote told BBC News.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2016

Such a fixed strategy for fooling the scientific establishment points to a single person conducting the operation, said Isabelle De Groote from Liverpool John Moores University.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2016

The setting was Groote Schuur, the Cape Dutch-style mansion that was the residence of South Africa’s first colonial governors, among them Cecil Rhodes.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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