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Definition of: du Pont
(d·pont′, dy-; Fr. dü pô;nf′)
Family of U.S. industrialists, founded by Éleuthère Irénée,
1771–1834, who established the E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Company.
—Samuel Francis,
1803–65, rear admiral, nephew of the preceding.
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