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Douw [Dutch dou] Examples noun
- Ger·rard [Dutch gey-rahrt] /Dutch ˈgeɪ rɑrt/. Dou, Gerard.
Dou or Douw, Dow [dou] noun
- Ge·rard [gey-rahrt] /ˈgeɪ rɑrt/, 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
Examples from the Web for douw Historical Examples of douw
Poor Ophelia could scarce have been sadder than we feel, Douw, at your going.
Harold Frederic
I did not change my name, but continued to be Douw Mauverensen.
Harold Frederic
“I have not said you were not right, Douw,” she answered, with saddened slowness.
Harold Frederic
You heard what I said, Douw, upon your belonging henceforth to this house–to me?
Harold Frederic
Were you going away, Douw, without coming to see me–to say good-by?
Harold Frederic
British Dictionary definitions for douw Dou Dow or Douw noun
- Gerard (ˈxeːrɑrt). 1613–75, Dutch portrait and genre painter