bienvenu

[ byan-vuh-ny ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, French.

Literally, “well arrived”

A good biography is ever welcome; and if it be the biography of a good and a great man, the cordiality of the bienvenu is doubled.

I made all ready for him, and taught my little Gaspard now he would say: 'Soyez le bienvenu, mon papa.'

In a low stage of civilization Monseigneur Bienvenu would have had small chance of reaching middle life.

In the meantime, Monseigneur Bienvenu had advanced as quickly as his great age permitted.

M. Gillenormand had his daughter near him, as we have seen that Monseigneur Bienvenu had his sister with him.

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