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Deirdre

American  
[deer-druh, -dree, dair-druh] / ˈdɪər drə, -dri, ˈdɛər drə /

noun

  1. Irish Legend. the wife of Naoise, who killed herself after her husband had been murdered by his uncle, King Conchobar.

  2. a female given name.


Deirdre British  
/ ˈdɪədrɪ /

noun

  1. Irish myth a beautiful girl who was raised by Conchobar to be his wife but eloped with Naoise. When Conchobar treacherously killed Naoise she took her own life: often used to symbolize Ireland See also Naoise

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“I want customers to feel as close to being in one of our stand-alone stores as possible so we used our color palette and furniture,” says Deirdre Quinn, the brand’s founder and CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal

Taylor has always carried herself with grace and humility, always paying tribute to the women who came before her, those who laid the path for her like her hero Deirdre Gogarty.

From BBC

People lived on $2 to $3 a day, adjusted for inflation, while the figure in modern developed nations is $30 to $100, writes Deirdre McCloskey in Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World.

From Barron's

People lived on $2 to $3 a day, adjusted for inflation, while the figure in modern developed nations is $30 to $100, writes Deirdre McCloskey in Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World.

From Barron's

The order, signed by Judge Deirdre Hill, restricts the public release of “any investigative information, notes, reports or photos” related to the death investigation, according to the document obtained by The Times on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times