Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alfred_dreyfus
1 sense of alfred dreyfus
Sense 1
Dreyfus, Alfred Dreyfus -- (French army officer of Jewish descent whose false imprisonment for treason in 1894 raised issues of anti-Semitism that dominated French politics until his release in 1906 (1859-1935))
INSTANCE OF=> army officer -- (an officer in the armed forces; "he's a retired army officer")