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doré1

[daw-rey]
noun Canadian Dialect.
  1. the walleye or pike perch of North America.
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Origin of doré1

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

doré2

[daw-rey]
noun Mining.
  1. a mixture of gold and silver in cast bars, as bullion.
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Origin of doré2

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

Doré

[daw-rey; French daw-rey]
noun
  1. (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
  1. another name for walleye (def. 5), walleye (def. 6)
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Word Origin

C18: from French, gilded; see dory

Doré

noun
  1. (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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