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Bonheur

American  
[bo-nur, baw-nœr] / bɒˈnɜr, bɔˈnœr /

noun

  1. Rosa Maria Rosalie Bonheur, 1822–99, French painter.


Bonheur British  
/ bɔnœr /

noun

  1. Rosa (roza). 1822–99, French painter of animals

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A lawyer for Antonio Bonheur, 74, declined to comment, while a representative for Saul Alisme, 21, didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

After a goalless first half in Suez, Masry took the lead in the Group D clash on 59 minutes when Rwandan Bonheur Mugisha converted a penalty after Petersen fouled Mahmoud Hamada.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

In an email sent to Le Bonheur staff after the shooting, interim president and surgeon-in-chief Trey Eubanks called Mauck’s death “an unthinkable tragedy.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2023

Jean Bonheur Delva, head of the National Migration Office, told local media on Tuesday the figure was around 50,000 in the last three months.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2022

Rosa Bonheur lived nearly to the close of the nineteenth century, seeing many revolutions both in French life and in French art, but remaining always quite true to herself.

From Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day by Sparrow, Walter Shaw