DRUSE

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• DRUSE (noun)
  The noun DRUSE has 1 sense:

1. an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God

  Familiarity information: DRUSE used as a noun is very rare.

• DRUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Druse; Druze

Context example:

a Druze is permitted to conform outwardly to the faith of the unbelievers among whom he lives

Hypernyms ("Druse" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

 Context examples 

At baseline, participants had no AMD, intermediate AMD (large deposits known as drusen in the retina of both eyes), or late-stage AMD in one eye.

(No evidence that calcium increases risk of age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

Mutation of the gene is associated with basal laminar drusen, complement factor H deficiency, hemolytic uremic syndrome atypical type 1, and age-related macular degeneration type 4.

(CFH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)