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dedans Definition

de·dans (də dän′; Fr, -dän′)

noun pl. de·dans′-dänz′; Fr, -dän′

  1. a gallery for spectators in the end wall of a court
  2. the spectators at a match in court tennis

Etymology: Fr, lit, the interior < OFr dedenz < de-, from + LL deintus, from within < L de-, from + intus, within < IE *entos, within < base *en-, in