Al⋅fred /ˈælfrɪd;Fr.alˈfrɛd/Show Spelled Pronunciation[al-frid;Fr.al-fred]Show IPA, 1859–1935, French army officer of Jewish descent: convicted of treason 1894, 1899; acquitted 1906.
Drey·fus (drī'fəs, drā-) French army officer of Jewish descent who was convicted of treason (1894), sentenced to life imprisonment, and ultimately acquitted when the evidence against him was shown to have been forged by anti-Semites.