Detter

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of debtor. alt-of, obsolete

    "She could doe very much by the number of her friendes, followers, and detters in the citie, by whoſe meanes ſhe ruled the moſt part of the affayres of the citie after her owne pleaſure."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German.

Example

More examples

"She could doe very much by the number of her friendes, followers, and detters in the citie, by whoſe meanes ſhe ruled the moſt part of the affayres of the citie after her owne pleaſure."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Detter.

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