Druze
/ˈdruːz/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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
Adjective
- 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."
Example
More examples"The Druze follow an esoteric religion."
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz).