Druze

noun

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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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 That would be a humanitarian disaster for the region's Kurds and Druze, a likely strategic disaster for Israel and America's moderate Arab allies, and a more insidious disaster in its potential activation of jihadi sleeper cells throughout the West. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Druze 

Word History

Etymology

Arabic Durūz, plural, from Muḥammad ibn-Ismaʽīl al-Darazī †1019 Muslim religious leader

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Druze was in 1855

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“Druze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Druze. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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