Associations to the word «Defoe»

Wiktionary

DEFOE, proper noun. An English patronymic surname​.
DEFOE, proper noun. Daniel Defoe (c. 1659 to 1661 – 1731), English trader, writer, journalist and pamphleteer best known for writing Robinson Crusoe

Dictionary definition

DEFOE, noun. English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731).

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.