alfred dreyfus

1. 1.

   French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)

   SynonymsDreyfus

   Broaderarmy officer

Questions about alfred dreyfus

What does alfred dreyfus mean?

alfred dreyfus means "French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935)".

What is another word for alfred dreyfus?

Close synonyms include Dreyfus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alfred dreyfus a common word?

alfred dreyfus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.