Dreyfusard

[ drahy-fuh-sahrd, -zahrd, drey-; drahy-fuh-sahrd, -zahrd, drey- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

First recorded in 1895–1900; Dreyfus + -ard

Punch, like the majority of Englishmen, was strongly Dreyfusard.

General Andr was an ardent Dreyfusard, strongly opposed to clerical and reactionary influences in the army.

I was very glad to meet Colonel Picquard at a dinner in a Dreyfusard house.

The innocence of Dreyfus would be a crime, said a famous anti-Dreyfusard.

At the Auteuil steeplechase in June the president was struck on the head with a cane by an anti-Dreyfusard.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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