Dunstan
Americannoun
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Saint, a.d. c925–988, English statesman: archbishop of Canterbury 961–978.
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a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “stone hill.”
noun
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“I’ve never seen something like this,” Dunstan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
At Bären Haus, a German restaurant downtown, Nicole Dunstan served a family of out-of-towners—among her few customers last week—who had spent four days in candlelight at a hotel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
When Kerry Dunstan and his partner set out to buy a new electric car this summer, one of the questions they asked was, "How's the battery?"
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
Harry Bates was born on April 27, 1927, in Lake City, Fla., the second of two children of Thomas Henry Bates, a country doctor, and Mamie Fairfax Dunstan Bates.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
"My father's name is Dunstan Thorn. My mother is Daisy Thorn."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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