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Coverdale

American  
[kuhv-er-deyl] / ˈkʌv ərˌdeɪl /

noun

  1. Miles, 1488–1569, English divine: translator of the Bible into English 1535.


Coverdale British  
/ ˈkʌvəˌdeɪl /

noun

  1. Miles. 1488–1568, the first translator of the complete Bible into English (1535)

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Coverdale hung it up temporarily once before, after wrapping a Whitesnake world tour at the end of 1990, only to find himself “in an appalling, confused state across the board ... privately and professionally.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

Then health problems among the band members — including Coverdale — derailed that effort after only a couple of months.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

"When young children are not regularly given juice from an early age, they are less likely to be regular juice drinkers in later years," suggests Philip Coverdale at GlobalData.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

Ruth Ann Coverdale was born on Jan. 17, 1935, in Milford, Del., the youngest of five children, and was raised in nearby Slaughter Neck.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2021

The English Bible, translated by Myles Coverdale from the Vulgate, and printed abroad in 1535.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn