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Druze

/ˈdruːz/

Druze noun: a member of a secretive Ismaili Shiite community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.

Noun

Druze (plural Druze or Druzes)

  1. A member of a secretive Ismaili Shiite community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
    • At Acre, 15,000 Druzes elected a six-member council comprising sheiks and mukhtars, their first official representative body since the establishment of Israel.1950 February 27, “Druzes in Israel Elect Council”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • This backlash also fails to take into account that Israel, for all its faults, is a multicultural society where almost half of graduating doctors today are Arabs or Druze.2023 October 29, Thomas L. Friedman, “Please, Israel, Don’t Get Lost in Hamas’s Tunnels”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023

Adjective

Druze (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to this religious community.
    • "The judges were very surprised when they found out I was Druze," she told Sonia Verma in The Times.(Can we date this quote?), The Week, number 605, page 10
    • Druze men shouted insults when she walked down the street.(Can we date this quote?), The Week, number 605, page 10

Druze meaning in Hindi and Arabic

Druze in Hindi

collective Druze
ड्रूज़ ḍrūz
individual Druze
ड्रूज़ ḍrūz

Druze in Arabic

collective Druze
مُوَحِّدُون دُرُوز muwaḥḥidūn durūz, مُوَحِّدُون muwaḥḥidūn, دُرُوز durūz
individual Druze
دُرْزِيّ durziyy, دَرْزِيّ darziyy

Forms of Druze

pluralDruze
pluralDruzes
alternative formDruse

Origin of Druze

Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz).

Words formed from Druze

Phrases with Druze

Words that rhyme with Druze

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Questions about Druze

What does Druze mean?
Druze means a member of a secretive Ismaili Shiite community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
What is Druze in Hindi?
Druze in Hindi is ड्रूज़ (ḍrūz). See Druze meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Druze?
Druze can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Druze?
Druze is pronounced /ˈdruːz/.
What is the plural of Druze?
The plural of Druze is Druze.

Words near Druze in the dictionary

  1. druv someone to drink
  2. druv to drink
  3. druxey
  4. druxiness
  5. druxy
  6. Druze
  7. Druze star
  8. Druze stars
  9. Druzes
  10. Druzhba
  11. druzhina

Source and license

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