Dumas

[ dy-mahor, English, doo-mah, dyoo- doo-muhs, dyoo- ]

noun

1. A·le·xan·dre [a, -lek-, sahn, -d, r, uh], Dumas père, 1802–70, and his son, Alexandre ( “Dumas fils” ), 1824–95, French dramatists and novelists.
2. Jean-Bap·tiste An·dré [zhah, n, -b, a, -, teest, ah, n, -, drey], 1800–84, French chemist.
3. a town in N Texas.

Dumas

/ dymɑ /

noun

1. DumasAlexandre18021870MFrenchWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist Alexandre (alɛksɑ̃drə), known as Dumas père. 1802–70, French novelist and dramatist, noted for his historical romances The Count of Monte Cristo (1844) and The Three Musketeers (1844)
2. DumasAlexandre18241895MFrenchWRITING: novelistTHEATRE: dramatist his son, Alexandre, known as Dumas fils. 1824–95, French novelist and dramatist, noted esp for the play he adapted from an earlier novel, La Dame aux camélias (1852)
3. DumasJean-Baptiste André18001884MFrenchSCIENCE: chemist Jean-Baptiste André (ʒɑ̃batist ɑ̃dre). 1800–84, French chemist, noted for his research on vapour density and atomic weight
4. DumasMarlene1953FSouth AfricanARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Marlene. born 1953, South African painter; especially of expressionist portraits and nudes

Example Sentences

Lots of people assume carbon removal revolves solely around direct air capture, which involves sucking emissions directly from the air, adds Dumas, but there are plenty of different approaches.

From MIT Technology Review

Mayor Dumas was already plotting Ed Ray and Children’s Day, an event to honor him with a parade and 7,500 pounds of barbecue beef.

From Vox

Dumas said letters in support of the idea had come from places as far as Hong Kong, Brazil, and Australia.

From Vox

Negotiations were intense, but when the dust settled, Dumas had accepted half a million dollars for a 40 percent stake.

From The Daily Beast

The Girl Who Loved Camellias by Julie Kavanagh The courtesan who seduced Paris—and inspired Dumas and La Traviata.

From The Daily Beast

The Daily Pic: Charlotte Dumas shows funerary horses at rest.

From The Daily Beast

The book begins with the 3-year-old Dumas discovering that his father has died, and promptly arming himself and heading upstairs.

From The Daily Beast

Could the war hero Alex Dumas have gone on to elective office?

From The Daily Beast

Dumas states that the husk of oats sometimes yields as much as five or six per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

The spirit of the great Dumas, one feels, must haunt this Place: for it is peopled with ghosts from his brave romances.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides being a great novelist, M. Dumas was a most kind and generous man—kind both to human beings and to animals.

From Project Gutenberg

It would have been more to the purpose if he had said, ‘Monsieur Dumas, may I incommode you with my monkey and my parrot?’

From Project Gutenberg

So when the keeper made young Dumas a present of Pyramus, he thought he had better bestow Cartouche on him as well.

From Project Gutenberg