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One who banters or chaffs another. Daly, manager of the Dublin theatre, laid a wager that he would introduce into the language within twenty-four hours a new word of no meaning.…Sports Stars: D - F
Bjorn DaehlieChuck DalyJohn DalyStanley DancerBeth DanielAlvin DarkRon DarlingTamas DarnyiLindsay DavenportAl DavisDwight DavisErnie DavisGlenn DavisJohn DavisTerrell DavisDominique DawesPat…Biographies: Selected Biographies A to Z: D
Selected Biographies A to Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More Biographies Don't see the biography you're looking for? Search 30,000+…Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo
(Encyclopedia) Batoni, Pompeo GirolamoBatoni, Pompeo Girolamopōmpĕˈō jērôˈlämō bätôˈnē [key], 1708–87, Italian painter. Batoni studied and worked in Rome, learning much from the work of Corregio and…Ingle, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Ingle, Richard, fl. 1642–53, English seaman and tobacco trader. Little is known of him. While the English civil war was in progress, he appeared (1645) with several ships off Maryland…James, Saint (St. James the Less)
(Encyclopedia) James, Saint, in the Bible, one of the Twelve Apostles, called St. James the Less or St. James the Little. He was the son of Alphaeus; his mother, Mary, was one of those at the cross…Morgan City
(Encyclopedia) Morgan City, city (1990 pop. 14,531), St. Mary parish, S La., a fishing port on the Atchafalaya River (connected to the Intracoastal Waterway); inc. 1860 as Brasher, renamed 1876. The…Lynn
(Encyclopedia) Lynn, city (1990 pop. 81,245), Essex co., E Mass.; inc. as a town 1631, as a city 1850. Lynn is an old industrial center. The first ironworks (1643) and the first fire engine (1654) in…Linlithgow
(Encyclopedia) Linlithgow, town (1991 pop. 9,524), West Lothian, central Scotland. Manufactures include paper, whiskey, and computers. Linlithgow Palace, now a ruin, was a seat of Stuart kings and…Champion
(Encyclopedia) Champion, uninc. community in the town of Green Bay, Brown co., NE Wis., NE of the city of Green Bay. It is noted for the Shrine of Our…Trending
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