Dubois

American  

[dy-bwah] / düˈbwɑ /

noun

1. (Marie) Eugène (François Thomas) 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.

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Dubois British  

/ djuːˈbwɑː /

noun

1. 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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Dubois Scientific  

/ do̅o̅-bwä′ /

1. 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.

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Dubois

Chants of 'oh Fabio Wardley' were quickly silenced as Dubois continued to unload punishing combinations.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Daniel Dubois underlined his status as Britain's leading heavyweight with a devastating second-round stoppage of Fabio Wardley to retain his WBO title in London.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

But in a stunning reversal, it took just 17 seconds for Wardley to hit the canvas as Dubois backed him into a corner and landed a straight right.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Dubois, meanwhile, was greeted by jeers as he marched straight past the fireworks and towards the ring, wasting little time soaking up the occasion.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“We here in Virginia do a good job of getting them in,” said Glenn Dubois, chancellor of the Virginia Community College System and himself a community college graduate.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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