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des
Pronunciation: (dā), [key]—
prep.
used in French names as a contraction of
de and the article
les: François des Adrets.-des
a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek:
proboscides. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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