Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

druze

/ˈdruːz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: druze
IPA: /ˈdruːz/

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

adj

Of or relating to this religious community.

Example Sentences

"At Acre, 15,000 Druzes elected a six-member council comprising sheiks and mukhtars, their first official representative body since the establishment of Israel."
"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."
""The judges were very surprised when they found out I was Druze," she told Sonia Verma in The Times."
"Druze men shouted insults when she walked down the street."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Inflected Forms

Druzes (plural) Druse (alternative)

Derived Forms

Druzism

Synonyms

druse

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce druze?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdruːz/.
What does druze mean?: A member of a secretive Ismaili Shiite community based mainly in the Middle East, specifically Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
Where does druze come from?: Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz).

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