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Deer field (der'feld). A town in Franklin County, Ma achusetts, situated at the junction of the Deer field River with the Connecticut, 32 miles north of Springfield. It was sacked and burned by French and Indians in 1704; and South Deer field was the scene of the "Bloody Brook ma acre" Population (1890), 2,910. in by C. Oliver Iselin and others. Her length on load water-line is 88.45 feet. She defeated Valkyrie III. in competition for the America's cup, Sept., 1895. See Falkyrie III . Defender of the Faith. [L. Fidei Defensor .] A title conferred in 1521 by Pope Leo X. upon Henry VIII. of England, in recognition of the latter's treatise "A ertio septem sacramento rum" (1521), retained by succeeding English sovereigns. Defender of the Faith of God. A title a umed by Abd-er-Rahman in 929. Defenneh. See Tel Defenneh. Defensa, Part i do de la. See Blancos . Deffand, or Deffant (def-fon'), Marquise du (Marie de Vichy-Chamrond). Born at the Château de Chamrond, France, in 1697: died at Paris, Sept. 24, 1780. A witty and cynical French woman, a leader in Paris i an literary and philosophical circles. She was married to the Marquis du Deffand in 1718, but soon separated from him and lived somewhat notoriously. In 1753 she became blind. She is noted for her correspondence with Voltaire, Hénault, Montesquieu, Horace Walpole, and other great men of her time. Defiance (de-fi'ans). A town and the county seat of Defiance County, northwestern Ohio, situated on the Maumee 50 miles southwest of