doré

[daw-rey]

noun Canadian Dialect.

the walleye or pike perch of North America.

Origin of doré

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

doré

[daw-rey]

noun Mining.

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

Origin of doré

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

Doré

[daw-rey; French daw-rey]

noun

(Paul) Gus·tave

[pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/, 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.

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British Dictionary definitions for doré

doré

noun

another name for walleye (def. 5), walleye (def. 6)

Word Origin for doré

C18: from French, gilded; see dory

Doré

noun

(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

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