du

¹ American  

[doo, dyoo, dy] / du, dyu, dü /

1. (in names of French derivation) a contraction of de and the article le:

   Joachim du Bellay.

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Du. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Duke.

2. Dutch.

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Du. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Duke

2. Dutch

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DU ² British  

abbreviation

1. depleted uranium

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Example Sentences

One striking feature of the anthology is the prominence of female composers—11 out of 19—including such current luminaries as Missy Mazzoli, Du Yun and Ellen Reid, all of whom were championed early on by BMP.

From The Wall Street Journal

Writing in the New Yorker, Francine du Plessix Gray would later cite A Friend Indeed as one of a handful of early grassroots efforts by women—“civil, less radical offshoots of the ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves’ movement of the 1970s”—that combated “doctors’ autocratic insistence on hormonal treatments” and “reluctance to discuss” more-nuanced care.

From The Wall Street Journal

The girls changed into their princess dresses du jour, and we headed back downstairs.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The system is broken at every step, and sometimes the delays force people to give up. That's especially dangerous in a country like South Africa with a 90% re-offender rate. It becomes a vicious cycle," the group's spokesperson, Juanita du Preez, tells the BBC.

From BBC

Six trains between London St Pancras International and Paris Gare du Nord were cancelled, with most others delayed, the timetable indicated.

From Barron's