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boulevardier

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bou⋅le⋅var⋅dier

  [bool-uh-vahr-deer, boo-luh-; Fr. booluh-var-dyey]
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–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')   
n.  A man about town.

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