Dumas

[ dy-mahor, English, doo-mah, dyoo- doo-muhs, dyoo- ]

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noun

A·le·xan·dre [a, -lek-, sahn, -d, r, uh], Dumas père, 1802–70, and his son, Alexandre ( “Dumas fils” ), 1824–95, French dramatists and novelists.
Jean-Bap·tiste An·dré [zhah, n, -b, a, -, teest, ah, n, -, drey], 1800–84, French chemist.
a town in N Texas.

Dumas

/ dymɑ /

DumasAlexandre18021870MFrenchWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist 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)
DumasAlexandre18241895MFrenchWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist 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)
DumasJean-Baptiste André18001884MFrenchSCIENCE: chemist Jean-Baptiste André (ʒɑ̃batist ɑ̃dre). 1800–84, French chemist, noted for his research on vapour density and atomic weight
DumasMarlene1953FSouth AfricanARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Marlene. born 1953, South African painter; especially of expressionist portraits and nudes

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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