Dubois

[ dy-bwah ]

noun

1. (Ma·rie) Eu·gène (Fran·çois Tho·mas) [m, a, -, ree, , œ, -, zhen, f, r, ah, n, -, swa, taw-, mah], 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.

Dubois

/ djuːˈbwɑː /

noun

1. DuboisW(illiam) E(dward) B(urghardt)18681963MUSSOCIAL SCIENCE: sociologistWRITING: writerPOLITICS: political activist W ( illiam ) E ( dward ) B ( urghardt ). 1868–1963, US Black sociologist, writer, and political activist; a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Dubois

/ do̅o̅-bwä′ /

1. Dutch paleontologist who in 1891 discovered in Java a fossil hominid which he believed to be the so-called missing link between the apes and humans on the evolutionary ladder. He named it Pithecanthropus erectus , but it is now known as Homo erectus.

Example Sentences

Among her mandatory challengers are Briton Caroline Dubois at lightweight and Chantelle Cameron – to whom Taylor lost in May 2023 before avenging the defeat six months later.

From BBC

Lightweight contender Caroline Dubois: "I believe Katie wins the fight on points."

From BBC

Scherzinger’s Norma, doused in blood and adrift in madness, is treated as though she were a composite of Blanche DuBois, Medea and Sissy Spacek’s Carrie.

From Los Angeles Times

The production, co-created by Lucy Owen, who plays Blanche DuBois, and director Nick Westrate, employed a four-person cast.

From Los Angeles Times

Bloemeke was able to secure grants for most of his locations, but not for two based in DuBois, Pa., and Rapid City, S.D.

From Los Angeles Times