Cy·ra·no de Ber·ge·rac  (sîr'ə-nō də bûr'zhə-rāk', běr'-)  French satirist and duelist whose works include the spirited drama The Pedant Imitated (1654). He is the subject of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), which depicts him as a chivalric duelist with a comically long nose. |