bouvier

/ ˈbuːvɪeɪ /

noun

a large powerful dog of a Belgian breed, having a rough shaggy coat: used esp for cattle herding and guarding

Origin of bouvier¹

C20: from French, literally: cowherd

We dealt with Edith [Bouvier, the French journalist injured in the shelling] just like we would deal with one of our own.

Lost names, forsaken beliefs…Bouvier is fascinated too by the Westerners washed up in these out-of-the-way lands.

During these periods, Bouvier describes the rich cast of eccentrics he meets in joyful, minute detail.

History will bear down on her as it did on Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.

Caroline has been raised all her life as a Bouvier, not a Kennedy—and a reticent female Bouvier at that.

Jules Bouvier, the examining judge, had exerted himself in vain.

Bouvier and Barbelin, whom they had taken away a short distance from the village.

Mrs. Bouvier is Jacqueline Kennedy's mother, also her father and her whole family.

We were also very close friends of Jack Bouvier's sister, and his father.

He found the little settlement and Mrs. Bouvier, who had known varying fortunes since her husband's death.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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