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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The Druze play vital roles in political and military institutions in neighboring Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon.
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Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
The Israelis supported the South Lebanese Army in the 1980s, supported the Druze community in Syria, and helped prop up Hamas both prior to its founding decades ago and by allowing the Qataris to continue giving Gaza hundreds of millions of dollars prior to the Oct. 7 attack.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 9 June 2025
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.
—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
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Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2025
The Israelis supported the South Lebanese Army in the 1980s, supported the Druze community in Syria, and helped prop up Hamas both prior to its founding decades ago and by allowing the Qataris to continue giving Gaza hundreds of millions of dollars prior to the Oct. 7 attack.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 9 June 2025
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.
—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
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“Druze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Druze. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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