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noun (pl=daimyo, pl2=daimyos)
- A lord during the Japanese feudal period.
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| dauphin |
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noun
- The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Wikipedia:House of Valois, Valois and Wikipedia:House of Bourbon, Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.
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| Decembrist |
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noun
- A participant in or sympathiser of the wikipedia:Decembrist revolt, Decembrist revolt.
- An adherent to the Decembrist politics.
adjective
- According to or derived from the politics and/or philosophy of the Decembrists.
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| dey |
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noun
- (obsolete) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.
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| diet |
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noun
- The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
- The of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.
- (countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
- By extension, any habitual intake or consumption.
- He's been reading a steady of nonfiction for the last several years.
- (countable) A council or assembly of leaders.
verb
- (intransitive) To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
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| digger |
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noun
- A large piece of machinery that digs up holes.
- One who digs.
- (Australia) An Australian soldier.
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| directory |
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noun (directories)
- A list of names, addresses etc., of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
- (computing): A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
- (computing): A simulated folder in a personal computer's file system, in which related files may be organized.
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| doge |
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noun - The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.
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| dragonnade |
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noun
- a policy by w:Louis XIV, Louis XIV to intimidate Huguenots to reconvert to Roman Catholicism
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