settee
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“It may take some time for people to recover from the trauma caused by this lengthy manhunt,” said Grand Chief Garrison Settee, leader of an indigenous advocacy group in Manitoba.
From Reuters • Aug. 7, 2019
“Here students are really getting developed to be trained capitalists,” said Priscilla Settee, a professor of indigenous and gender studies at the University of Saskatchewan.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2017
Settee, se-tē′, n. a long seat with a back, esp. a sofa for two.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
He sat down upon a rich Settee; and took hold of my Hand, and said, Don't doubt me, Pamela.
From Pamela Censured by Anonymous
We camped within five miles of the British border at the Chinese fortlet of Settee, a palisaded camp whose gateway also was hung with heads of dacoits.
From An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by Morrison, George Ernest
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