Main Entry: Druze

Variant(s): or Druse \ˈdrüz\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Druze or Druzes or Druse or Druses

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Arabic Durūz, plural, from Muḥammad ibn-Ismaʽīl al-Darazī †1019 Muslim religious leader

Date: 1855

: a member of a religious sect originating among Muslims and centered in Lebanon and Syria