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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

"In the last four or five years, this has started to change," Dr De Groote said.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2016

"What we've been able to demonstrate is a signature, a fingerprint throughout all of these specimens, even including the second molar from the second Piltdown site," said Dr De Groote, first author of the study.

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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