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defoe

n. 1 (surname A=An English patronymic from=given names) 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Defoe (c. 1659 to 1661 – 1731), English trader, writer, journalist and pamphleteer best known for writing ''Robinson Crusoe''

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Defoe (comics)

Titus Defoe is a comics character in an eponymous story published in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD. He was created by writer Pat Mills and artist Leigh Gallagher and first appeared in Prog 1540.

Defoe is a zombie hunter in an alternative 17th Century London overrun by plagues of zombies after a comet struck England in 1666. Defoe and his companions keep the undead plagues at bay using weapons devised by the likes of Sir Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke.

Defoe (surname)

Defoe is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Annette DeFoe (1890–1960), American silent film actress
  • Daniel Defoe (c. 1659 to 1661–1731), English trader, writer, journalist and pamphleteer best known for writing Robinson Crusoe
  • Gideon Defoe (born 1975), author of Pirates!
  • Jermain Defoe (born 1982), English footballer who plays for Sunderland A.F.C.

Usage examples of "defoe".

And saved the Tuch-Dah a lot of trouble, thought Defoe, not that the ungrateful bastards ever seemed to notice.

Now Defoe had to face both of these fates, for nothing except the right to return.

Given conditions on Glory, Defoe thought cannibalism should at least be legal.

Through the near porthole Defoe saw the green-brown limb of the planet rising to greet him, edged by a thin corona of atmosphere.

As a pilot, Defoe had to believe in terraforming --starships needed places to go.

Ellenor Battle pushed through the jittery throng with Defoe in tow, making for the control-car.

The gangway was guarded by a brace of armed Thals, meaner than normal Neanderthals, nearly as tall as Defoe, and twice as broad looking as thick as they were wide.

Battle followed Defoe to the cabin, bent on seeing the recording again.

They were Tuch-Dahs -- no doubt there -- Defoe recognized the garish paint and bloodfreezing cries.

Looking east and west along the shore, Defoe saw spiraling columns of vultures.

Orienting himself by the strange stars of Eridani Sector, Defoe set out walking toward the distant fenceline.

Equus occidentalis, tall as Arabians but heavier, with slender feet, reminding Defoe of zebras or unicorns.

Ripping up some long grass, Defoe stepped through, offering it to the lead mare.

Ellenor sat with folded wings, Defoe listened to a lively exchange among the Thals, seeing fists waved in their direction.

But Defoe hated relying on chemical imbalance -- you could fool your body only so long.