Dreyfus

[ drey-fuhs, drahy-; French drey-fys ]

noun

1. Al·fred [al, -frid, a, l-, fred], 1859–1935, French army officer of Jewish descent: convicted of treason 1894, 1899; acquitted 1906.

Dreyfus

/ drɛfys; ˈdreɪfəs /

noun

1. DreyfusAlfred18591935MFrenchMILITARY: army officer Alfred (alfrɛd). 1859–1935, French army officer, a Jew whose false imprisonment for treason (1894) raised issues of anti-semitism and militarism that dominated French politics until his release (1906)

Example Sentences

The Julia Louis-Dreyfus series is not just the funniest show on the network, it's the funniest show on TV.

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Is it really a snub when Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the one winning the award?

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Louis-Dreyfus made a joke that Cranston looked like a character Elaine had dated on Seinfeld.

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The skit features Julia Louis-Dreyfus as an island-hungry TV star customer and that unique brand of Cranston-Paul chemistry.

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That, then, makes this, for the third year running, duel between Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Amy Poehler.

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Punch's espousal of the cause of Dreyfus became increasingly vehement and provocative.

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Among the circumstances which contributed to the continuance of the anti-Christian spirit must be reckoned the Dreyfus affair.

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Socialism, also, found in the Dreyfus affair, a pretext for the solidification of its forces.

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In 1880 he founded for this purpose a journal, "La Justice," and was a powerful advocate of aggression during the Dreyfus trial.

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Throughout that year the Dreyfus scandal continued to occupy public opinion in France to the exclusion of almost everything else.

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