Dumas

[ dy-mah or, English, doo-mah, dyoo- for 1, 2; doo-muhs, dyoo- for 3 ]

/ düˈmɑ or, English, duˈmɑ, dyu- for 1, 2; ˈdu məs, ˈdyu- for 3 /

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noun

A·le·xan·dre

[a-lek-sahn-druh], /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/, "Dumas père", 1802–70, and his son, Alexandre (“Dumas fils”), 1824–95, French dramatists and novelists.

Jean-Bap·tiste An·dré

[zhahn-ba-teestahn-drey], /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/, 1800–84, French chemist.

a town in N Texas.

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Words nearby Dumas

Duluth, Dulwich, duly, duma, Dumaguete, Dumas, Du Maurier, dumb, dumb ague, Dumbarton, Dumbarton Oaks

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How to use Dumas in a sentence

Lots of people assume carbon removal revolves solely around direct air capture, which involves sucking emissions directly from the air, adds Dumas, but there are plenty of different approaches.
What it will take to clean up our food supply|Rhiannon Williams, Tammy Xu, Hana Kiros|October 12, 2022|MIT Technology Review
Mayor Dumas was already plotting Ed Ray and Children’s Day, an event to honor him with a parade and 7,500 pounds of barbecue beef.
The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping|Kaleb Horton|July 23, 2021|Vox
Dumas said letters in support of the idea had come from places as far as Hong Kong, Brazil, and Australia.
The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping|Kaleb Horton|July 23, 2021|Vox
Negotiations were intense, but when the dust settled, Dumas had accepted half a million dollars for a 40 percent stake.
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The Girl Who Loved Camellias by Julie Kavanagh The courtesan who seduced Paris—and inspired Dumas and La Traviata.
This Week’s Hot Reads: June 10, 2013|Mythili Rao|June 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Daily Pic: Charlotte Dumas shows funerary horses at rest.
Sleeping Titans|Blake Gopnik|February 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The book begins with the 3-year-old Dumas discovering that his father has died, and promptly arming himself and heading upstairs.
Book Bag: What Nick Harkaway Is Reading|Nick Harkaway|November 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Could the war hero Alex Dumas have gone on to elective office?
Barack Obama’s Forgotten Founding Father in Revolutionary France|Tom Reiss|October 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Dumas states that the husk of oats sometimes yields as much as five or six per cent.
Domestic Animals|Richard L. Allen
The spirit of the great Dumas, one feels, must haunt this Place: for it is peopled with ghosts from his brave romances.
A Wanderer in Paris|E. V. Lucas
Besides being a great novelist, M. Dumas was a most kind and generous man—kind both to human beings and to animals.
The Animal Story Book|Various
It would have been more to the purpose if he had said, ‘Monsieur Dumas, may I incommode you with my monkey and my parrot?’
The Animal Story Book|Various
So when the keeper made young Dumas a present of Pyramus, he thought he had better bestow Cartouche on him as well.
The Animal Story Book|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Dumas

Dumas

/ (French dymɑ) /

noun

Alexandre (alɛksɑ̃drə), known as Dumas père. 1802–70, French novelist and dramatist, noted for his historical romances The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) and The Three Musketeers (1844)

his son, Alexandre, known as Dumas fils. 1824–95, French novelist and dramatist, noted esp for the play he adapted from an earlier novel, La Dame aux camélias (1852)

Jean-Baptiste André (ʒɑ̃batist ɑ̃dre). 1800–84, French chemist, noted for his research on vapour density and atomic weight

Marlene. born 1953, South African painter; especially of expressionist portraits and nudes

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