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Druze

//ˈdruːz// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to this religious community. not-comparable

    ""The judges were very surprised when they found out I was Druze," she told Sonia Verma in The Times."

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz).

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