Du Bois
William Edward Burg·hardt [burg-hahrd], /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/, 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.
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(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
Joshua DuBois: Anton, how did you get the moniker "Mr Health Care"?
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Joshua DuBois’s Daily Devotionals for Obama Are Now a Book | Joshua DuBois | October 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Argentinian pontiff might just help save the American Christian church—if church leaders let him do it, says Joshua DuBois.
Pope Francis’s Injunction to Get Back to Basics May Help American Christianity | Joshua DuBois | October 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDuBois writes some characters with more juiciness than others.
Those books might seek to exonerate, but duBois wants to explain.
A scene of a very different nature which occurred some years later was described to me by Madame Dubois.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksAnother 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. HentyM. Dubois had only been joined at an hour considerably advanced by his assistants and his escort.
The Guide of the Desert | Gustave AimardM. Dubois rose in the utmost anxiety, and rushed out to discover the cause of this extraordinary tumult.
The Guide of the Desert | Gustave AimardAn 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
/ (djuːˈbwɑː) /
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
[ dōō-bwä′ ]
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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