Defoe

or De Foe

[ dih-foh ]

noun

1. Daniel 1659?–1731, English novelist and political journalist.

Defoe

/ dɪˈfəʊ /

noun

1. DefoeDaniel?16601731MEnglishWRITING: novelistWRITING: journalistCRIME AND POLICING: spymasterWRITING: pamphleteer Daniel. ?1660–1731, English novelist, journalist, spymaster, and pamphleteer, noted particularly for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719). His other novels include Moll Flanders (1722) and A Journal of the Plague Year (1722)

Example Sentences

Neither of them picked up any extra points, which confirmed Defoe's win by 80-60.

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That is the last game to be played from that set of fixtures and, so far, Defoe leads 80-60.

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He took on former England striker Jermain Defoe, who got five correct results, but with one exact score, giving him 80 points.

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For this weekend's games, and Sunday's big game from Wembley, he takes on former England striker Jermain Defoe.

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As early as 1708, the writer Daniel Defoe praised Scottish schooling, writing that even the "poorest people have their children taught and instructed" in contrast to England's "dark villages...full of ignorance."

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