də-ˈnir də-ˈnyā : a small originally silver coin formerly used in western Europe
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ˈde-nyər : a unit of fineness for yarn equal to the fineness of a yarn weighing one gram for each 9000 meters
100-denier yarn is finer than 150-denier yarn
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Hoskins was endorsed by Mike Lindell, the founder and CEO of My Pillow and prominent election denier.—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024 Trump initially had only backed Abe Hamadeh, a former Arizona attorney general candidate and prominent election denier.—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024 Giuliani’s attorneys later clarified that his travel to the RNC was paid for by a media company linked to My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, a fellow election denier and Trump associate, who recently hired Giuliani.—Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 31 July 2024 But, having ended in 2019, the show didn’t anticipate the pandemic or how much worse everything would become — the anti-vaxxers and Covid deniers, the insurrection on January 6, the disinformation accelerated by fake AI photos and videos now littering the internet.—Whizy Kim, Vox, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for denier
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Middle English denere, from Anglo-French dener, denier, from Latin denarius, coin worth ten asses, from denarius containing ten, from deni ten each, from decem ten — more at ten
: a unit of fineness for silk, rayon, or nylon yarn
Etymology
Noun
deny and -er (noun suffix)
Noun
Middle English denere "small silver coin formerly used in Europe," from early French denier (same meaning), from Latin denarius "coin valued at 10 asses," derived from deni "ten each," from decem "ten"
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