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deros

deros is the plural of dero.

Meaning of dero

Noun

dero (plural deros)

  1. (Australia) A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict, especially an alcoholic.
    • If some shabby looking “dero” turns up at the gate no need to call the cops, its me.2001 August 11, warfer69, “I bought the 60 warfer”, in rec.models.rc.helicopter (Usenet)

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Noun capitalized: DEROS

DEROS

  1. (US, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of date eligible/estimated to return from overseas.

Questions about deros

What is deros the plural of?
Deros is the plural of dero.
What part of speech is deros?
Deros is a noun.

Words near deros in the dictionary

  1. Deronda
  2. deroof
  3. deroofed
  4. deroofing
  5. deroofs
  6. deros
  7. Derosa
  8. Derosas
  9. Derose
  10. Deroses
  11. Derosier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deros (page history and authors); DEROS (page history and authors); dero (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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