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Dear⋅born

  [deer-bern, -bawrn]
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–noun
1. Henry, 1751–1829, U.S. soldier and diplomat: Secretary of War 1801–09.
2. a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit. 90,660.
3. Fort Dearborn.
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Dear·born   (dîr'bôrn', -bərn)   
A city of southeast Michigan west of Detroit. Greenfield Village, the restored birthplace of Henry Ford, is here. Population: 92,400.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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dearborn 
"light four-wheeled wagon," 1841, Amer.Eng., from the inventor's name.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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