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Boulevardier - 4 dictionary results

bou⋅le⋅var⋅dier

   [bool-uh-vahr-deer, boo-luh-; Fr. booluh-var-dyey]
–noun, plural -diers  [-deerz; Fr. -dyey] .
1. a person who frequents the most fashionable Parisian locales.
2. bon vivant.
Origin:
1875–80; < F; see boulevard, -ier 2
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bou·le·vard·ier     (bōō'lə-vär-dyā', -dîr')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A man about town.

[Obsolete French, from boulevard, boulevard; see boulevard.]
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boulevardier

noun
a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris) 

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Boulevardier

Boule`var`dier"\, n. [F.] A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. --F. Harrison.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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