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noun 
  1. A pigeon, especially one smaller in size.
  2. (politics) A person favouring conciliation and negotiation rather than conflict (as opposed to hawk).
Translations: 
  • Dutch: duif
  • French: colombe
  • German: Taube
  • Italian: colomba , piccione
  • Spanish: paloma , pichón (dove's chick)
verb 
  1. (context, chiefly North America) Past tense of to dive.
Translations: 
  • French: plongea
  • Italian: tuffò
Etymology: From Old Norse dífa, from Germanic, probably originally imitative of the bird's call. Cognate with Dutch duif, German Taube.


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