Druse2 (droz)

[Turk. Druzi.] One of a people and religious sect of Syria, living chiefly in the mountain regions of Lebanon and Anti lib an us and the district of Hauran. The only name they acknowledge is Unitarians ( Muahidin ); that by which they are known to others is probably from Is mail Darazi or Durzi, who was their first apostle in Syria. They are fanatical and warlike, and have had bloody conflicts with their neighbors the Maronites. Drusian1 (drö'si-an), a. [ stepson of the emperor August us, who governed Germany. - Drusian foot, an ancient German long measure, equal to about 13 English inches. Drusian (drö'zi-an), a. [ The full exposition of the Drusian creed... would require a volume of considerable size. Encyc. Brit., VII. 484.