variants
or Druse
plural Druze or Druzes or Druse or Druses
often attributive
: a member of a religious sect originating among Muslims and centered in Lebanon and Syria
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About 50,000 people currently live there, roughly half of them Israeli settlers and the other half Arab Druze, a religious minority spread among Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Golan Heights.
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Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The rebel groups are made up of a bewildering array of militias including the Syrian Free Army, Islamic State, Guardians of Islam, al-Qaeda, Druze militias, Kurdish militias, Mujahedin Khalq, and others.
—Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
According to Israeli data, the Golan Heights is home to around 50,000 people, roughly split between Jewish Israelis and Arab Druze, many of whom still identify as Syrians.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Syria’s twenty-three million people include multiple Muslim sects, Christians, Druze, and Kurds.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The rebel groups are made up of a bewildering array of militias including the Syrian Free Army, Islamic State, Guardians of Islam, al-Qaeda, Druze militias, Kurdish militias, Mujahedin Khalq, and others.
—Ghassan E. El-Eid, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
According to Israeli data, the Golan Heights is home to around 50,000 people, roughly split between Jewish Israelis and Arab Druze, many of whom still identify as Syrians.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Syria’s twenty-three million people include multiple Muslim sects, Christians, Druze, and Kurds.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Druze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Druze. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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