Dreyfusardn.
/ˈdreɪfʊsɑː//ˈdreɪfʊsɑːd/ Now Historical.
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 attributive or as adj.
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1898 Westm. Gaz. 15 Sept. 5/2 This, of course, is a sop offered to the Dreyfusards.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 15 Sept. 5/2 The opinion is expressed among Dreyfusard leaders that the President is rushing to his ruin.
1905 Book Lover Apr. 4/2 His affiliations have not been even Dreyfusard in France or Bryanite in the United States.
1919 W. B. Yeats in Irish Statesman 23 Aug. 212/1 It was amidst Socialist and Dreyfusard controversy that he discovered his belief.
1967 Listener 30 Mar. 435/2 Halévy was a passionate Dreyfusard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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