Dreyfus n 1: 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) [syn: {Dreyfus}, {Alfred Dreyfus}]
DREYFUS Captain, founder of the Dreyfus Case. Got out of jail by being one of the few innocent men who got into print.