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Djabal, son of Youssof, a sheikh, saved by Maäni in the great massacre of the sheikhs by the Knights Hospitallers in the Sporadês. (See Druses, p. 302.)

Djinnestan, the realm of the djinn or genii of Oriental mythology.

Dobbin (Captain afterwards Colonel), son of sir William Dobbin, a London tradesman. Uncouth, awkward, and tall, with huge feet; but faithful and loving, with a large heart and most delicate appreciation. He is a prince of a fellow, is proud, fond of captain George Osborne from boyhood to death, and adores Amelia, George’s wife. When she has been a widow for some ten years, he marries her.—Thackeray: Vanity Fair (1848).

Dobbins (Humphrey), the confidential servant of sir Robert Bramble of Blackberry Hall, in the county of Kent. A blunt old retainer, most devoted to his master. Under a rough exterior he concealed a heart brimful of kindness, and so tender that a word would melt it.—Colman, Jun.: The Poor Gentleman (1802).

Dobuni, called Boduni by Dio; the people of Gloucestershire and Oxford-shire. Drayton refers to them in his Polyolbion, xvi. (1613).

Doctor (The), a romance by Southey. The doctor’s name is Dove, and his horse “Nobbs.”

Doctor (The Admirable), Roger Bacon (1214–1292).

The Angelic Doctor, Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274), “fifth doctor of the Church.”

The Authentic Doctor, Gregory of Rimini (*—1357).

The Divine Doctor, Jean Ruysbroek (1294–1381).

The Dulcifluous Doctor, Antonio Andreas (*—1320).

The Ecstatic Doctor, Jean Ruysbroek (1294–1381).

The Eloquent Doctor, Peter Aureolus, archbishop of Aix (fourteenth century).

The Evangelical Doctor, J. Wycliffe (1324–1384).

The Illuminated Doctor, Raymond Lully (1235–1315), or Most Enlightened Doctor.

The Invincible Doctor, William Occam (1276–1347).

The Irrefragable Doctor, Alexander Hales (*—1245).

The Mellifluous Doctor, St. Bernard (1091–1153).

The Most Christian Doctor, Jean de Gerson (1363–1429).

The Most Methodical Doctor, John Bassol (*—1347).

The Most Profound Doctor, Ægidius de Colonna (1247–1316).

The Most Resolute Doctor, Durand de St. Pourçain (1267–1332).

The Perspicuous Doctor, Walter Burley (fourteenth century).

The Profound Doctor, Thomas Bradwardine (*—1349).

The Scholastic Doctor, Anselm of Laon (1050–1117).