doré

¹

[ daw-rey ]

noun

, Canadian Dialect.

1. the walleye or pike perch of North America.

doré

²

[ daw-rey ]

noun

, Mining.

1. a mixture of gold and silver in cast bars, as bullion.

Dore

³

[ dawr ]

noun

1. Monts [maw, n], a group of mountains in central France: highest peak, 6,188 feet (1,885 meters).

Doré

⁴

[ daw-rey; French daw-rey ]

noun

1. (Paul) Gus·tave [pawl g, y, -, stav], 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.

doré

¹

/ -riː; ˈdɔːreɪ /

noun

1. See walleye
   another name for walleye walleye

Doré

²

/ dɔre /

noun

1. Doré(Paul) Gustave18321883MFrenchARTS AND CRAFTS: illustrator ( Paul ) Gustave (ɡystav). 1832–83, French illustrator, whose style tended towards the grotesque. He illustrated the Bible, Dante's Inferno, Cervantes' Don Quixote, and works by Rabelais

Word History and Origins

Origin of doré¹

1765–75; < Canadian French: literally, gilded, French < Late Latin deaurātus; dorado

Origin of doré²

< French: literally, gilded; < Late Latin deaurātus; dorado

Word History and Origins

Origin of doré¹

C18: from French, gilded; see dory

Example Sentences

And a few minutes later I spoke with the Jewish Center for Public Affairs's Dore Gold.

From The Daily Beast

Cast: Sarah Chalke, Brad Garrett, Elizabeth Perkins, Orlando Jones, John Dore, Rachel Eggleston, Rebecca Delgado Smith.

From The Daily Beast

The delicate cross-hatching that reached back to Hogarth and Dore was not as precise as it had been, but he was over 80 now.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, the scene took on a startling semblance to one of Dore's etchings in an old edition of Dante's Inferno.

From Project Gutenberg

It is hard to understand why M. Le Dore did no more than put Helene to the door.

From Project Gutenberg

Dore almost angrily again refused, declaring that the cutter had already begun to unload, and that the boats would soon be in.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Dore says that there is no English Bible known to be in existence earlier than the fourteenth century.

From Project Gutenberg

Votaries, we have this phrase (f. 38), "The dore therof oft tymes opened and speared agayne."

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