dreyfus in English
noun
family name; Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), Jewish French army officer who was convicted of treason in 1894 and acquitted in 1906
Use "dreyfus" in a sentence
1. Compare French l'Affaire Dreyfus.
2. This bench belongs to Captain Dreyfus.
3. This was called the Degradation of Dreyfus.
4. Dreyfus was allowed to write on paper numbered and signed.
5. The Dreyfus affair (French: l'Affaire Dreyfus, pronounced [lafɛːʁ dʁɛfys]) was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906
6. Detailed discussions on the bordereau showed that Captain Dreyfus could not be the author.
7. In the morning of 15 October 1894 Captain Dreyfus underwent this ordeal but admitted nothing.
8. In the same month, Mathieu Dreyfus complained to the Ministry of War against Esterhazy.
9. The doubts of the General Staff regarding the innocence of Dreyfus flew out the window.
10. Mathieu Dreyfus had a reproduction of the bordereau published by Le Figaro.
11. Mathieu Dreyfus, the elder brother of Alfred, was convinced of his innocence.
12. Dreyfus was not sentenced to death, as it had been abolished for political crimes since 1848.
13. At that time, the opinion of the French political class was unanimously unfavourable towards Dreyfus.
14. On 11 November 1897, the two paths of investigation met during a meeting between Scheurer-Kestner and Mathieu Dreyfus.
15. Cassatt included a portrait of him, Mr. Moyse Dreyfus, in her show at the Fourth Impressionist Exhibition of 1879.
16. On 1 November 1894 Alfred's brother, Mathieu Dreyfus, became aware of the arrest after being called urgently to Paris.
17. Veep stars Julia Louie Dreyfus as the Caustically narcissistic Vice President Selina Myer and Girls is led on- …
18. Benes (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus) Boogied so awkwardly at a work function, it endangered her professional reputation
19. At the beginning of the case the emphasis was rather on the Alsatian origins of Dreyfus than on his religion.
20. La Libre Parole, L'Autorité, Le Journal, and Le Temps described the supposed life of Dreyfus through lies and bad fiction.
21. He swore on oath that the traitor was Dreyfus, pointing to the crucifix hanging on the wall of the court.
22. Mellon has been trying to increase net income from fee-based businesses such as its Dreyfus Corp. mutual funds.
23. One of the most famous instances of Cashiering occurred in 1895, when Alfred Dreyfus was cashiered and exiled for treason.
24. In the van that brought him to the military school, Dreyfus is said to have confided his treachery to Captain Lebrun-Renault.
25. He also through this period acted as French correspondent for some American newspapers, to which he sent dispatches on the progress of the Dreyfus case.
26. The Adjutant broke his sword on his knee and then the condemned Dreyfus marched at a slow pace in front of his former companions.
27. The Dreyfus Affair deeply divided France, not just over the fate of the man at its center but also over a range of issues, including politics, religion and national identity.
28. “Inglourious Basterds” begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus(Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz)
29. 16 An island in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana. A French penal colony after the 850's, it was used mainly for political prisoners, including Alfred Dreyfus (sequestered 894-8.
30. J’Accuse, (French: “I Accuse”) celebrated open letter by Émile Zola to the president of the French Republic in defense of Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer who had been Accused of treason by the French army
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