druse

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noun an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God

Borrowed via French from German Druse (“crystallized piece of ore”); compare dross.

Was a Druse Caimacam to govern the Christians in his district? — Tancred; Or, The New Crusade, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli
After I had made some observations which these grand projects naturally suggested, he replied, "What! do you not see that the Druses only wait for the fall of Acre to rise in rebellion? — Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

Druze

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