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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Syrians from all faiths—Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims, Alawites, Christians, Druze, and others—have all raised their voices for a Syria that belongs to all Syrians.
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Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
We are asked to do three things: speak the truth, preserve your brethren (fellow Druze) and believe in the one God.
—Lubna Zeidan, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Druze play vital roles in political and military institutions in neighboring Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon.
—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
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Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
We are asked to do three things: speak the truth, preserve your brethren (fellow Druze) and believe in the one God.
—Lubna Zeidan, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The Druze play vital roles in political and military institutions in neighboring Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon.
—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
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“Druze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Druze. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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