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Donne

[ duhn ]

noun

  1. John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.


Donne

/ dʌn /

noun

  1. DonneJohn15731631MEnglishWRITING: poetRELIGION: preacher John. 1573–1631, English metaphysical poet and preacher. He wrote love and religious poems, sermons, epigrams, and elegies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Far from all Londoners falling back on dull neutrals, Durran found red was “in the fashion ether at the time”; makeup designer Naomi Donne also goes crimson for Rita’s lipstick.

Andres and Delle Donne chair the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, an advisory body that promotes healthy eating and exercise.

Washington Mystics star Elena Delle Donne is stepping away from basketball, potentially for the entire season, a person familiar with the decision said Thursday.

Mr. Osgood turned that into a three-syllable word that he pronounced “POSS-ul-cue” and went on the air with a love poem that began with four lines from John Donne’s “The Bait.”

It was the poetry of John Donne that inspired theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer to name the first detonation of a nuclear weapon Trinity.

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