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Dampier

American  
[dam-pee-er, damp-yer] / ˈdæm pi ər, ˈdæmp jər /

noun

  1. William, 1652–1715, English navigator, explorer, buccaneer, and writer.


Dampier British  
/ ˈdæmpɪə /

noun

  1. William. 1652–1715, English navigator, pirate, and writer: sailed around the world twice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The question is how productive transfer quarterback Devon Dampier can be playing behind that line.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2025

Rio exports from Dampier port and through Cape Lambert in the northern part of Western Australia state.

From Reuters Jun. 19, 2023

Dampier is the director of the Minneapolis chapter of the Man Up Club, which mentors at-risk African American men between ages 12 to 24.

From Fox News Jan. 26, 2022

Dampier chose his career to support his insatiable interest in biology, and his field notes reveal a man easily distracted from the business of raiding a town by his delight at discovering colorful parrots.

From Washington Post Jul. 14, 2021

In 1703-1707 Dampier commanded two government privateers on an expedition to the South Seas with grievous unsuccess; better fortune attended him on his last voyage, as pilot to Woodes Rogers in the circumnavigation of 1708-1711.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

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