Definition of Dulles

1. Noun. United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959).

Exact synonyms: John Foster Dulles
Generic synonyms: Diplomat, Diplomatist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dulles

Dukas
Duke
Duke Ellington
Duke University
Duke Wayne
Duke bleeding time test
Duke of Argyll's tea tree
Duke of Cumberland
Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Marlborough
Duke of Wellington
Duke of Windsor
Dukes' disease
Dulcie
Dulles (current term)
Dulong-Petit law
Duluth
Duluth pack
Duluth packs
Dulux dog
Dulux dogs
Dumas
Dumasian
Dumdum fever
Dumetella
Dumetella carolinensis
Dumfries
Dumfries and Galloway

Literary usage of Dulles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Book Prices Current (1913)
"Edited by the Duke of Beaufort and AET Watson. Large paper edition. Coursing and Falconry. Lond., 1892. 4to. Hf. mor., une., Dulles, A., Dec. 10, '12. ..."

2. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1911)
"CONTRIBUTED BY CHARLES W. Dulles, MD The writer of this diary, ... Joseph Heatly Dulles, at the time of writing this diary, had just passed his examinations ..."

3. The Catskill Water Supply of New York City: History, Location, Sub-surface by Lazarus White (1913)
"Dulles-Baldwin Drill. The Dulles-Baldwin drill was the most successful under ... Dulles-Baldwin in Elmsford Tunnel. The Dulles-Baldwin drill has been used ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1879)
"Of recent operations, the one successfully performed by Dr. Starr, on a man weighing 200 pounds, a description and analysis of which Dr. Dulles gave in the ..."

5. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"He will accompany me in few days to the frontier of Missouri, where he will be sent rt-.th some one of the emigrant companies to the village at the Dulles ..."

6. Practical Bandaging, Including Adhesive and Plaster-of-Paris Dressings by Eldridge Lyon Eliason (1921)
"across the chest to the point of starting. Repeated turns overlapping upward and inward accomplish the bandage. Velpeau Modified (Dulles ..."

7. Practical Bandaging, Including Adhesive and Plaster-of-paris Dressings by Eldridge Lyon Eliason (1914)
"Velpeau Modified (Dulles) (Fig. 58) (Bandage 8 Yards x 3 Inches).—With the right upper extremity in the Velpeau position fix the bandage by two circular ..."

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