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Druze

  • /ˈdruːz/

Rhymes with -uːz

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Borrowed from Arabic دُرُوز (durūz).

noun Druze · Druzes · Druse

  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.

adjective Druse

  1. not comparable Of or relating to this religious community. "The judges were very surprised when they found out I was Druze," she told Sonia Verma in The Times.

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noun collective Druze

한국어드루즈파 deurujeupa
日本語ドゥルーズ派 durūzu-ha
中文德魯茲派 /德鲁兹派 délǔzīpài
हिन्दीड्रूज़ ḍrūz
Portuguêsdrusos
FrançaisDruzes
DeutschDrusen
Italianodruso
Русскийдру́зы drúzy
العربيةمُوَحِّدُون دُرُوز muwaḥḥidūn durūz, مُوَحِّدُون muwaḥḥidūn, دُرُوز durūz
עבריתדרוזים druzim, דרוזיות druziyot

noun individual Druze

हिन्दीड्रूज़ ḍrūz
Portuguêsdruso
FrançaisDruze
DeutschDruse, Drusin
Italianodruso
Русскийдруз druz
العربيةدُرْزِيّ durziyy, دَرْزِيّ darziyy
עבריתדרוזי druzi, דרוזית druzit

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@misc{druze_2026,
  title = {Druze},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/druze},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}