Deventer

[ dey-vuhn-ter ]

noun
  1. a city in E Netherlands.

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How to use Deventer in a sentence

  • Presently I found myself at luncheon at the Deventers' table.

    A Tatter of Scarlet | S. R. Crockett
  • I liked the Deventers singly, especially Rhoda Polly and her father.

    A Tatter of Scarlet | S. R. Crockett
  • Certainly it was a large task to explain an unseen Alida to such a contradictory and turbulent family as the Deventers.

    A Tatter of Scarlet | S. R. Crockett
  • For the Deventers were, even before coming of age, in fact as soon as they had left school, a law to themselves.

    A Tatter of Scarlet | S. R. Crockett
  • She spoke not from any fear but that she might contrive means of helping her friends the Deventers if they needed it.

    A Tatter of Scarlet | S. R. Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for Deventer

Deventer

/ (ˈdeɪvəntə, Dutch ˈdeːvəntər) /


noun
  1. an industrial city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province, on the River IJssel: medieval intellectual centre; early centre of Dutch printing. Pop: 88 000 (2003 est)

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