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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
bou·le·vard·ier   (bōō'lə-vär-dyā', -dîr')   
n.  A man about town.

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

Boulevardier

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