/dooh pont", dyooh-, dooh"pont, dyooh"-/ ; for 1, 2 also Fr. /dyuu pawonn"/ , n.
1. Eleuthère Irénée /e lue terdd" ee rdday nay"/ , 1771-1834, U.S. industrialist, born in France.
2. Pierre Samuel /pee air" sam"yooh euhl/ ; Fr. /pyerdd sann myuu el"/ , 1739-1817, French economist and statesman (father of Eleuthère Irénée).
3. Samuel Francis , 1803-65, Union admiral in the U.S. Civil War.
Also, Du Pont .