variants
or Druse
plural Druze or Druzes or Druse or Druses
often attributive
: a member of a religious sect originating among Muslims and centered in Lebanon and Syria
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But the same ideology also targets Hindus, Nigerian Christians, other Africans, Yazidis, Druze Arabs, Alawite and Ahmadiyya Muslims, Kurds, Copts, Maronites, Assyrians, Amazigh, Iranians, Sikhs, Samaritans, Baha'is, Armenians, and so many others.
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
But the government has struggled to extend its authority to Suwayda, where there have been clashes between Druze and Sunni groups.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Shara has promised to protect Syria’s minorities, but some members of the Alawite, Druze, and other communities are not convinced.
—Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
Attitudes are hardening among the Druze, who have mostly refused to hand over their heavy weapons to Damascus.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
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Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
But the government has struggled to extend its authority to Suwayda, where there have been clashes between Druze and Sunni groups.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Shara has promised to protect Syria’s minorities, but some members of the Alawite, Druze, and other communities are not convinced.
—Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025
Attitudes are hardening among the Druze, who have mostly refused to hand over their heavy weapons to Damascus.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for Druze
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“Druze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Druze. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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