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devoirs

devoirs is the plural of devoir.

Meaning of devoir

Noun

devoir (plural devoirs)

  1. (archaic, often, plural) Duty, business; something that one must do.
    • […] he imprint not so much in his schollers mind […] where Marcellus died, as because he was unworthy of his devoire he died there[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 149

Questions about devoirs

What is devoirs the plural of?
Devoirs is the plural of devoir.

Words near devoirs in the dictionary

  1. devoided
  2. devoiding
  3. devoidness
  4. devoids
  5. devoir
  6. devoirs
  7. devolatilisation
  8. devolatilisations
  9. devolatilise
  10. devolatilised
  11. devolatilises

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