boulevardier

[ bool-uh-vahr-deer, boo-luh-; French booluh-var-dyey ]

/ ˌbʊl ə vɑrˈdɪər, ˌbu lə-; French bulə varˈdyeɪ /

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noun, plural bou·le·var·diers

[bool-uh-vahr-deerz, boo-luh-; French booluh-var-dyey]. /ˌbʊl ə vɑrˈdɪərz, ˌbu lə-; French bulə varˈdyeɪ/.

a person who frequents the most fashionable Parisian locales.

bon vivant.

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Origin of boulevardier

From French, dating back to 1875–80; see origin at boulevard, -ier²

Words nearby boulevardier

bouldering, boule, boules, bouleuterion, boulevard, boulevardier, bouleversement, Boulez, boulle, Boulogne, Boulogne Billancourt

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How to use boulevardier in a sentence

He “moves through the New York social scene with the charm and class of a boulevardier,” New York Times sports columnist Dave Anderson once wrote.
Rod Gilbert, Hall of Fame hockey star called ‘Mr. Ranger,’ dies at 80|Matt Schudel|August 24, 2021|Washington Post
A first-rank boulevardier in the 1960s tableau, his wives included one Rita Hayworth.
Inside North America’s First Islamic Art Museum|Shinan Govani|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gladwell the master boulevardier has in effect become his own outlier, a statistical anomaly too great to ignore.
The Love Guru|Sean Macaulay|September 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He composed feuilletons that would have made the fortune of a boulevardier.
Edgar Saltus: The Man|Marie Saltus

With swift intelligence, she felt him to be no more a boulevardier than she was light.
To Win the Love He Sought|E. Phillips Oppenheim
He made a bow which was Chesterfieldian and incidentally made answer, rattling it off with the swiftness of a boulevardier.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham
The Parisian courtesan was at the zenith of her extraordinary celebrity when I became a rustic boulevardier.
Marse Henry (Vol. 2)|Henry Watterson
His walk betrayed the Parisian boulevardier, and the remnants of his clothing confirmed the opinion.
The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2)|Alexandre Dumas pre

British Dictionary definitions for boulevardier

boulevardier

/ (buːlˈvɑːdɪˌeɪ) /

noun

(originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places

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