Du Bois

[ doo bois ]

noun
  1. William Edward Burg·hardt [burg-hahrd], /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/, 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.

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Dubois
[ dy-bwah ]

noun
  1. (Ma·rie) Eu·gène (Fran·çois Tho·mas) [ma-reeœ-zhenfrahn-swataw-mah], /maˈri œˈʒɛn frɑ̃ˈswa tɔˈmɑ/, 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.

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How to use Du Bois in a sentence

  • A scene of a very different nature which occurred some years later was described to me by Madame Dubois.

  • Another deed of gallantry, equal to anything ever told in fiction, was performed by a Captain Dubois of the French army.

    The Cornet of Horse | G. A. Henty
  • M. Dubois had only been joined at an hour considerably advanced by his assistants and his escort.

    The Guide of the Desert | Gustave Aimard
  • M. Dubois rose in the utmost anxiety, and rushed out to discover the cause of this extraordinary tumult.

    The Guide of the Desert | Gustave Aimard
  • An entire house had been placed at the disposal of M. Dubois by the new republican power.

    The Guide of the Desert | Gustave Aimard

British Dictionary definitions for Dubois

Dubois

/ (djuːˈbwɑː) /


noun
  1. W (illiam) E (dward) B (urghardt). 1868–1963, US Black sociologist, writer, and political activist; a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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Scientific definitions for Dubois

Dubois

[ dōō-bwä ]


  1. Dutch paleontologist who in 1891 discovered in Java a fossil hominid which he believed to be the so-called missing link between the apes and humans on the evolutionary ladder. He named it Pithecanthropus erectus, but it is now known as Homo erectus.

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