ETYM AS. dâ; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer, and perh. Latin dama.
(Homonym: do [n], dough).
Mature female of mammals of which the male is called 'buck'.

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(1950-1990) Liberian politician and soldier, head of state 1980–90. He seized power in a coup. In 1981 he made himself general and army commander in chief. In 1985 he was narrowly elected president, as leader of the newly formed National Democratic Party of Liberia. Having successfully put down an uprising April 1990, Doe was deposed and killed by rebel forces Sept 1990. His human-rights record was poor.