Deventer
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. CrockettI liked the Deventers singly, especially Rhoda Polly and her father.
A Tatter of Scarlet | S. R. CrockettCertainly 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. CrockettFor 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. CrockettShe 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
/ (ˈdeɪvəntə, Dutch ˈdeːvəntər) /
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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