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(den′is)

noun

a masculine name

Origin: Fr < L Dionysius

Denis, Saint (3d cent. ); patron saint of France: his day is Oct. 9

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or De·nys

Patron saint of France. Sent to minister to the Gauls as the first bishop of Paris, he suffered martyrdom by decapitation.

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