DuPont
or Du Pont
[doo-pont, dyoo-, doo-pont, dyoo-; for 1, 2 also French dy-pawn]
- E·leu·thère I·ré·née [e-lœ-ter ee-rey-ney] /ɛ lœˈtɛr i reɪˈneɪ/, 1771–1834, U.S. industrialist, born in France.
- Pierre Sam·u·el [pee-air sam-yoo-uh l; French pyer sa-my-el] /piˈɛər ˈsæm yu əl; French pyɛr sa müˈɛl/, 1739–1817, French economist and statesman (father of Eleuthère Irénée).
- Samuel Francis,1803–65, Union admiral in the U.S. Civil War.
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Contemporary Examples
The panel unanimously affirmed a jury verdict in favor of DuPont in 2011.
Law-Breaking Judges Took Cases That Could Make Them Even RicherReity O’Brien, Kytja Weir, Chris Young, Center for Public Integrity
April 28, 2014
In 2009, Delaware Superior Court Judge Jan Jurden ordered probation, not prison, for unemployed DuPont heir Robert Richards IV.
A DuPont family scion was convicted of sexually assaulting his daughter but received no jail time.
Proving that Russian food is more than borscht, Mari Vanna in Dupont is cozy and offers hearty food that will fill you right up.
She has won numerous awards for her work, including Emmy, Peabody, duPont, and Foreign Press Club honors.
Historical Examples
Dr. Dupont wrote to his patient's father; but no answer has been received.
Fairy FingersAnna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
It will be such a day as has not been seen in this Department since Dupont took the place.
Letters from Port RoyalVarious
Henderley had incited and paid; the others, Dupont and Lygon, had acted and received.
Northern LightsGilbert Parker
Dupont was coming to-night, and the hatchet of crime was to be dug up again.
Northern LightsGilbert Parker
Dupont went on, watching the other furtively, for he did not like this silence.
Northern LightsGilbert Parker