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Dore

[dawr]
–noun
Monts [mawn] , a group of mountains in central France: highest peak, 6188 ft. (1885 m).

do⋅ré

1[daw-rey]
–noun Canadian Dialect.
the walleye or pike perch of North America.

Origin:
1765–75; < CanF: lit., gilded, F < LL deaurātus; see dorado

do⋅ré

2[daw-rey]
–noun Mining.
a mixture of gold and silver in cast bars, as bullion.

Origin:
< F: lit., gilded; see doré1

Do⋅ré

[daw-rey; Fr. daw-rey]
–noun
(Paul) Gus⋅tave [pawl gy-stav] , 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
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Do·ré   (dô-rā')   
French artist best known for his imaginative drawings and lithographs in editions of Balzac's Droll Stories (1856) and Cervantes's Don Quixote (1863).
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