Druze

Druze
[dru:z]
(also Druse)
noun (plural same, Druzes, or Druses) a member of a political and religious sect of Islamic origin, living chiefly in Lebanon and Syria.
Origin
from Fr., from Arab. durūz (plural), from the name of one of their founders, Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Darazī (died 1019).

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