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Definition of Dernier
1. a. Last; final.
Definition of Dernier
1. Adjective. last ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dernier
1. last [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dernier
Literary usage of Dernier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1887)
"... moreover, given the maid ten sous—and was just receiving the dernier compliments
of Monsieur Le Blanc for a pleasant voyage down the Rhone, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1879)
"Supra-pubic lithotomy is no "dernier ressort;" it is a first-rate operation, and
ought to be recognized as such. ARTICLE XVI. ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1867)
"20. f As head of the church, the king is likewise the dernier resort in all
ecclesiastical causes ; an appeal lying ultimately to him in chancery from the ..."
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