Dou

or Douw, Dow

[ dou ]

noun

1. Ge·rard [gey, -, r, ah, r, t], 1613–75, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.

Dou

/ daʊ; dɔu /

noun

1. DouGerard16131675MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Gerard (ˈxeːrɑrt). 1613–75, Dutch portrait and genre painter

Example Sentences

Dou’s lab is one of several that was recently selected to receive funding from the US Department of Energy to try to resolve some of the technology’s remaining issues.

From MIT Technology Review

Dou says it’s difficult to tell what these companies are up to since they keep their material developments secret, although he adds that passing external tests like the IEC 61215 is promising.

From MIT Technology Review

Dou remarked that he would still have to work at it for three days more.

From Project Gutenberg

Other painters were content to sit at an easel of plain deal—Gerard Dou must have one of ebony, inlaid with mother-of-pearl.

From Project Gutenberg

Schalcken was probably a pupil of Gerard Dou (see 192), whose delicate finish he sought to rival.

From Project Gutenberg

This painter, a friend and pupil of Gerard Dou, was a well-to-do citizen of Leyden.

From Project Gutenberg

I dou't in the least understand you, sir; but I desire at once to know your name, and College, sir!

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