Du Bois

[ doo bois ]

/ du ˈbɔɪs /

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noun

William Edward Burg·hardt

[burg-hahrd], /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/, 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.

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Other definitions for Du Bois (2 of 2)

Dubois

[ dy-bwah ]

/ düˈbwɑ /

noun

(Ma·rie) Eu·gène (Fran·çois Tho·mas)

[ma-reeœ-zhenfrahn-swataw-mah], /maˈri œˈʒɛn frɑ̃ˈswa tɔˈmɑ/, 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.

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How to use Du Bois in a sentence

Dubois estimated it once held a brain that was about twice as big as an ape’s and approaching the size of a human’s.
The ultimate genealogical search hunts for our earliest ancestors|Erin Wayman|December 2, 2021|Science News For Students
Today’s fast-food workers, hotel chambermaids and nursing-home employees are not enslaved, but as both Lincoln and Du Bois would have understood, they perform labor under a system that has become increasingly unfair and unfree.
Are we witnessing a ‘General Strike’ in our own time?|Nelson Lichtenstein|November 18, 2021|Washington Post
The thick skullcap had heavy brow ridges, but Dubois estimated it once held a brain that was about twice as big as an ape’s and approaching the size of a human’s.
Fossils and ancient DNA paint a vibrant picture of human origins|Erin Wayman|September 15, 2021|Science News
In just that line, Du Bois provides a snapshot of what life used to be like before the Fifth Avenue restaurant was abandoned.
Politics and the pandemic have changed how we imagine cities|Joanne McNeil|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Legions of people already accept some version of McGhee’s diagnosis, beginning with other readers of Du Bois.
Racism targets some but works against everybody|Paul Taylor|March 12, 2021|Washington Post
By doing so, we will also achieve what Du Bois championed: practical idealism based in lifelong learning.
College Must Be More Than Just a Classy Trade School|Michael S. Roth|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Born shortly after the Civil War, W.E.B. Du Bois came into his own just as Washington was reaching the height of his fame.
College Must Be More Than Just a Classy Trade School|Michael S. Roth|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Du Bois repeatedly defended liberal education against those who saw it as impractical.
College Must Be More Than Just a Classy Trade School|Michael S. Roth|August 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sir Herbert's squire, Thomas du Bois, joined in his master's confident wager.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Ils travaillaient dans le champ, voisin du bois, je suis all les voir tandis que vous marchiez en avant.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
In Emil du Bois-Reymond we find similar contradictions with regard to the most important and fundamental theses of philosophy.
The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century|Ernst Haeckel
No: the works of Du Bois-Reymond demonstrate it in a striking way.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar
Du Bois-Reymond curiously confuses “soul” and “consciousness”; whether from oversight or not I cannot say.
The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for Du Bois

Dubois

/ (djuːˈbwɑː) /

noun

W (illiam) E (dward) B (urghardt). 1868–1963, US Black sociologist, writer, and political activist; a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

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Scientific definitions for Du Bois

Dubois

[ dōō-bwä′ ]

(Marie) Eugène (François Thomas) 1858-1940

Dutch paleontologist who in 1891 discovered in Java a fossil hominid which he believed to be the so-called missing link between the apes and humans on the evolutionary ladder. He named it Pithecanthropus erectus, but it is now known as Homo erectus.