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 [daw-rey]  

do·ré

1   [daw-rey]
noun Canadian Dialect.
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
Origin:
1765–75; < Canadian French: literally, gilded, French < Late Latin deaurātus; see dorado

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do·ré

2   [daw-rey]
noun Mining.
a mixture of gold and silver in cast bars, as bullion.
Origin:
< French: literally, gilded; < Late Latin deaurātus; see dorado

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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doré (ˈdɔːreɪ, -riː)
 
—n
walleye another name for walleye
 
[C18: from French, gilded; see dory]

Doré (French dɔre)
 
—n
(Paul) Gustave (ɡystav). 1832--83, French illustrator, whose style tended towards the grotesque. He illustrated the Bible, Dante's Inferno, Cervantes' Don Quixote, and works by Rabelais

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