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Druze
Druze
[
drooz
]
(
plural
Druze
or
Druz·es
)
or
Druse
[
drooz
]
(
plural
Druse
or
Drus·es
)
noun
Definition:
member of SW Asian religion:
a member of a religion similar to Islam that is found mainly in Israel, Lebanon, and Syria
[
Late 18th century. Directly or via French< Arabic
durūz
, plural of
durzī
, after the religion's founder, Muḥammad ibn Ismā'īl
ad-Darazī
(d. 1019)
]
Dru·ze·an
[
drzee ən
]
adjective
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