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How to pronounce denier in English?

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Type Words
Type of coin
Type Words
Type of unit, unit of measurement


with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings.
Type Words
Type of controversialist, disputant, eristic
Derivation deny

Examples of denier

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Denier and Detex are two measurements of fiber yield based on weight and length.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The denier, weight and thickness of each thread of nylon denotes its sheerness.
From the philly.com
Astoundingly, the pope says he was unaware that Williamson is a Holocaust denier.
From the washingtonpost.com
Or are you just another greedy selfish denier trying to protect the status quo?
From the guardian.co.uk
Ah, yes, immediately a denier concludes that the scientists haven't the foggiest.
From the economist.com
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a Holocaust denier, is an inviting target.
From the huffingtonpost.com
Having said that you seem willing then to imply that I am a climate change denier.
From the guardian.co.uk
In her book she accused David Irving, the writer, of being a Holocaust denier.
From the guardian.co.uk
A denier using the output of a computer model to back up his contrarian views.
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  • A unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon; "with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings"
  • Any of various former European coins of different denominations
  • One who denies
  • The denier was a French coin created by Charlemagne in the Early Middle Ages. It was introduced together with an accounting system in which twelve deniers equaled one sou and twenty sous equalled one livre. ...
  • Denier is a unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers. It is defined as the mass in grams per 9,000 meters. In the International System of Units the tex is used instead (see below). The denier is based on a natural standard: a single strand of silk is one denier. ...
  • (The Deniers) The Deniers is a 2008 book by Lawrence Solomon, a Canadian environmentalist and writer. ...
  • An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou; A unit of weight which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery
  • A density of the weave in a nylon or polyester product.
  • A unit of measure for the weight of fiber. Specifically, it is the weight in grams of 9000 meters of a given fiber.