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Defiance city (1990 pop. 16,768), seat of Defiance co., NW Ohio, at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee rivers, in a farm area; settled 1790, inc. 1836. Its manufactures include machinery and food, fabricated-metal, and glass products. Gen. Anthony Wayne built Fort Defiance in 1794. Defiance College is in the city. A Johnny Appleseed festival is held annually.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

de·fi·ance / diˈfīəns/ • n. open resistance; bold disobedience.

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defiance declaration of hostilities XIV; challenge to combat XV; setting at nought XVIII. — (O)F. défiance (now only ‘distrust’), f. défier DEFY; see -ANCE.
Hence defiant XIX.

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