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Dermot

UK/ˈdɜːmət/

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Ireland/ˈdɛɹmət/

Dermot proper noun: a male given name from Irish.

Proper noun

Dermot

  1. A male given name from Irish.
    • Look, I was Dermot “Duster” Hoggins’s editor, not his shrink or his ruddy astrologer, so how could I have known what lay in store for Sir Felix Finch on that infamous night?2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 146

Origin of Dermot

From Irish Diarmaid. Doublet of Jeremy.

Questions about Dermot

What does Dermot mean?
Dermot means a male given name from Irish.
What part of speech is Dermot?
Dermot is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dermot?
Dermot is pronounced /ˈdɛɹmət/ (Ireland).

Words near Dermot in the dictionary

  1. dermosphenotics
  2. dermostoses
  3. dermostosis
  4. dermosupraoccipital
  5. dermosupraoccipitals
  6. Dermot
  7. dermotoxic
  8. dermotrophic
  9. dermotropic
  10. dermotropism
  11. dermovascular

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