a. dumas
məs, ˈdyu-
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| 1. | Alexandre (alɛksɑ̃drə), known as Dumas père. 1802--70, French novelist and dramatist, noted for his historical romances The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) and The Three Musketeers (1844) |
| 2. | his son, Alexandre, known as Dumas fils. 1824--95, French novelist and dramatist, noted esp for the play he adapted from an earlier novel, La Dame aux camélias (1852) |
| 3. | Jean-Baptiste André (ʒɑ̃batist ɑ̃dre). 1800--84, French chemist, noted for his research on vapour density and atomic weight |
| 4. | Marlene. born 1953, South African painter; especially of expressionist portraits and nudes |
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duma
Rus. national assembly, 1870 (in reference to city councils; the national one was set up in 1905), lit. "thought," from a Gmc. source (cf. Goth. doms "judgment," Eng. doom, deem).
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