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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A legendary princess of Ulster who eloped with her lover, Naoise, to escape marriage to King Conchobar. After the king murdered Naoise, she killed herself.
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- proper noun Irish mythology The foremost tragic heroine in the
Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter ofFedlimid mac Daill . At birth, Cathbad foretold that she would be very beautiful, but that kings and lords would go to war over her. She committed suicide. - proper noun A female
given name . - proper noun A beautiful, but suicidal woman.
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Your Deirdre is a strong and independent character.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Jules Watson, Part 3 2009
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A highly-regarded and popular speaker on the topics of PR and social media communications, Deirdre is a past board member of NJ/PRSA and the New Jersey Advertising Club.
Women Grow Business » I Love to Write, I Want to be an Author 2010
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Deirdre is a remarkable and determined woman -- Erin Brockovich comes to mind -- and she's determined not to see another mother lose a child for such a senseless reason.
Wayne Pacelle: It's Wild to Allow Dangerous Exotic Animals as Pets Wayne Pacelle 2010
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Deirdre is a remarkable and determined woman -- Erin Brockovich comes to mind -- and she's determined not to see another mother lose a child for such a senseless reason.
Wayne Pacelle: It's Wild to Allow Dangerous Exotic Animals as Pets Wayne Pacelle 2010
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Also, the war is one of the important themes in Deirdre McCloskey's The Bourgeois Virtues.
Hayek and Anti-capitalist Intellectuals, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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A highly-regarded and popular speaker on the topics of PR and social media communications, Deirdre is a past board member of NJ/PRSA and the New Jersey Advertising Club.
Women Grow Business » How To: More On Becoming An Author 2010
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I have some more great pictures of Deirdre leaping and ... well, between the beach and going back to shoot some more in Deirdre's back garden, we took nearly 300 photos.
tired pbray 2006
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He foretold that great sorrow and evil should come upon the land because of this child, and so he called her Deirdre, which means trouble or alarm.
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I have got Conchubar and Fergus off at the last in Deirdre's
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"And why did you call her Deirdre?" asked Lady Kathleen.
The Irish Twins Lucy Fitch Perkins 1901
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