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  • 31Dorr, Julia Caroline Ripley — ▪ American author née  Julie Caroline Ripley   born Feb. 13, 1825, Charleston, S.C., U.S. died Jan. 18, 1913, Rutland, Vt.       American novelist and poet, notable for her novels that portrayed young women lifting themselves from poverty through …

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  • 32Dorr's Rebellion — /dawrz/ an insurrection in Rhode Island (1842) that grew out of dissatisfaction with the existing state constitution, which restricted suffrage to landholders or their eldest sons. [named after Thomas W. Dorr (1805 54), state legislator and… …

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  • 33Dorr, Thomas Wilson — (5 nov. 1805, Providence, R.I., EE.UU.–27 dic. 1854, Providence). Político estadounidense. A partir de 1834 se desempeñó en el poder legislativo de Rhode Island, donde procuró introducir una reforma constitucional para ampliar el sufragio… …

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  • 34Dorr's Rebellion — 1842 action lead by Thomas W. Dorr in response to the state of Rhode Island s failure to reform its constitution and enact a bill of rights (U.S. History) …

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  • 35Dorr's Rebellion — /dawrz/ an insurrection in Rhode Island (1842) that grew out of dissatisfaction with the existing state constitution, which restricted suffrage to landholders or their eldest sons. [named after Thomas W. Dorr (1805 54), state legislator and… …

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  • 36Dorr — biographical name Thomas Wilson 1805 1854 American lawyer & politician …

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  • 37dorr — /dawr/, n. dor1. * * * …

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  • 38dorr — Mawdesley Glossary a door …

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  • 39dorr — trocken; auch für: dünn …

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  • 40dorr — /dɔ/ (say daw) noun → dor …