Druze

noun

ˈdrüz 

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

Examples of Druze in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Early on in Syria’s civil war, Israel provided humanitarian aid to Druze on the Syrian side of the border, including food and clothing. —Uriel Heilman, New York Daily News, 2 Mar. 2025

Marriages that cross religious boundaries (among Christians, Muslims, and Druze) and sectarian lines (between Maronites and Roman Catholics, for instance, or Sunnis and Shiites) are rare in Lebanon. —Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025

Israel is trying to bolster its ties with Syria’s Druze community and has used the power vacuum to occupy some 155 square miles of Syrian land. —Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025

Christians also joined the Free Syrian Army, a secular coalition that initially fought for a democratic Syria alongside Sunni Muslims, Kurds, and Druze. —Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Druze

• blues
• boos
• booze
• brews
• bruise
• chews
• choose
• chuse
• clews
• clues
• coups
• crews