detur

Detur

Borrowed from Latin detur (“let it be given”).

detur (plural deturs)

1. (US, Harvard University) A prize consisting of a book given to a meritorious sophomore student. The official name is the Detur Prize or Detur Book Prize

• information on Harvard's website
• “detur”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Erdut, RTUed, trued, udert

dētur

1. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of dō

Borrowed from French détour.

detur n (plural detururi)

1. detour, meander