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Dreyfusard Now Hist.|ˈdreɪfʊsɑː(r), -ɑːd| [Fr., f. the name of Dreyfus + -ard -ard.] A defender or supporter of Captain Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935), a Frenchman of Jewish descent who was convicted of treason in 1894 and declared innocent in 1906. Also attrib. or as adj.
1898Westm. Gaz. 15 Sept. 5/2 This, of course, is a sop offered to the Dreyfusards. Ibid., The opinion is expressed among Dreyfusard leaders that the President is rushing to his ruin. 1905Book Lover Apr. 4/2 His affiliations have not been even Dreyfusard in France or Bryanite in the United States. 1919W. B. Yeats in Irish Statesman 23 Aug. 212/1 It was amidst Socialist and Dreyfusard controversy that he discovered his belief. 1967Listener 30 Mar. 435/2 Halévy was a passionate Dreyfusard. |