Devitt
Proper noun
Meaning
Devitt
A surname transferred from the given name.
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Examples
Amy Devitt further expands on the concept of culture in her 2004 essay, "A Theory of Genre" by adding "culture defines what situations and genres are likely or possible" (Devitt 24).
Devitt touches on Miller's idea of situation, but expands on it and adds that the relationship with genre and situation is reciprocal.
The 68-year-old Devitt (pictured right), a native of Framingham who has lived in Bellingham for 43 years, was elected as Tax Collector in 1992 and a year later won election as the town’s Treasurer.
January 7 marked the end of an era at the Municipal Center when Grace Devitt (pictured above) retired as Bellingham’s Tax Collector and Treasurer.