Baudelaire

American  

[bohd-l-air, bohd^uh-ler] / ˌboʊd lˈɛər, boʊdəˈlɛr /

noun

1. Charles Pierre 1821–67, French poet and critic.

---

Baudelaire British  

/ bodlɛr /

noun

1. Charles Pierre (ʃarl pjɛr). 1821–67, French poet, noted for his macabre imagery; author of Les fleurs du mal (1857)

---

Example Sentences

Dandyism, Baudelaire wrote in 1863, was “a setting sun.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Charles Baudelaire, 19th century poet, was journalistic criticism’s first great practitioner.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

His poetry in particular drew heavily from the European modernist tradition of Charles Baudelaire, Rainer Maria Rilke and Ezra Pound, though it remained rooted in its themes and imagery to the Piedmont South.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

But I found a different line on a mock street sign on the Rue Charles Baudelaire, in a middle-class neighborhood of the city’s 12th arrondissement: “There, there’s only order, beauty: abundant, calm, voluptuous.”

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2023

Klaus called out “Sunny” again, and pulled away the top fold of the curtains to wake up the youngest Baudelaire child.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket