Dreyfus

[ drey-fuhs, drahy-; French drey-fys ]

/ ˈdreɪ fəs, ˈdraɪ-; French dreɪˈfüs /

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noun

Al·fred

[al-frid; French al-fred], /ˈæl frɪd; French alˈfrɛd/, 1859–1935, French army officer of Jewish descent: convicted of treason 1894, 1899; acquitted 1906.

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dressy, dressy casual, drest, drew, drey, Dreyfus, Dreyfus affair, Dreyfusard, DRG, drib, dribble

How to use Dreyfus in a sentence

The Julia Louis-Dreyfus series is not just the funniest show on the network, it's the funniest show on TV.
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Is it really a snub when Julia Louis-Dreyfus is the one winning the award?
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Louis-Dreyfus made a joke that Cranston looked like a character Elaine had dated on Seinfeld.
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The skit features Julia Louis-Dreyfus as an island-hungry TV star customer and that unique brand of Cranston-Paul chemistry.
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That, then, makes this, for the third year running, duel between Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Amy Poehler.
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Punch's espousal of the cause of Dreyfus became increasingly vehement and provocative.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. IV of IV.|Charles L. Graves
Among the circumstances which contributed to the continuance of the anti-Christian spirit must be reckoned the Dreyfus affair.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
Socialism, also, found in the Dreyfus affair, a pretext for the solidification of its forces.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
In 1880 he founded for this purpose a journal, "La Justice," and was a powerful advocate of aggression during the Dreyfus trial.
The War Upon Religion|Rev. Francis A. Cunningham
Throughout that year the Dreyfus scandal continued to occupy public opinion in France to the exclusion of almost everything else.
The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Dreyfus

Dreyfus

/ (ˈdreɪfəs, French drɛfys) /

noun

Alfred (alfrɛd). 1859–1935, French army officer, a Jew whose false imprisonment for treason (1894) raised issues of anti-semitism and militarism that dominated French politics until his release (1906)

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