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ALFRED DREYFUS

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• ALFRED DREYFUS (noun)
The noun ALFRED DREYFUS has 1 sense:

1. French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)

Familiarity information: ALFRED DREYFUS used as a noun is very rare.

• ALFRED DREYFUS (noun)

Sense 1

Alfred Dreyfus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alfred Dreyfus; Dreyfus

Instance hypernyms:

army officer (an officer in the armed forces)

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