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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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

Joshua DuBois: Anton, how did you get the moniker "Mr Health Care"?
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For years, Joshua DuBois sent inspirational devotionals to his boss Barack Obama.
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The Argentinian pontiff might just help save the American Christian church—if church leaders let him do it, says Joshua DuBois.
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DuBois writes some characters with more juiciness than others.
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Those books might seek to exonerate, but duBois wants to explain.
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A scene of a very different nature which occurred some years later was described to me by Madame Dubois.
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Another deed of gallantry, equal to anything ever told in fiction, was performed by a Captain Dubois of the French army.
The Cornet of Horse|G. A. Henty
M. Dubois had only been joined at an hour considerably advanced by his assistants and his escort.
The Guide of the Desert|Gustave Aimard
M. Dubois rose in the utmost anxiety, and rushed out to discover the cause of this extraordinary tumult.
The Guide of the Desert|Gustave Aimard
An entire house had been placed at the disposal of M. Dubois by the new republican power.
The Guide of the Desert|Gustave Aimard

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.