boulevardier
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of boulevardier
From French, dating back to 1875–80; see origin at boulevard, -ier 2
Example Sentences
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Nothing in his recent life as a traveling salesman and occasional boulevardier suggested much taste for hearty adventure.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2020
A wealthy art dealer and storied boulevardier, Felix knows the name of every maitre d’ in Manhattan, reflexively flirts with every waitress and coyly encourages Laura’s worst fears.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2020
"The moon’s souvenir / the boulevardier / a ballerina on the promenade," he wrote on Instagram.
From Fox News ● Oct. 8, 2019
Trump used more hand gestures than an Italian boulevardier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2017
Baudelaire’s devil is a dandy and a boulevardier with wings.
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
But these are 21st-century New Yorkers, more technocrats than boulevardiers.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2021
An elaborate cast of colorful characters keeps showing up out of nowhere, just as artists, writers, boulevardiers and other colorful visitors paraded through the Stein household in Paris.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2018
Aznavour began his career peddling his words and music to the Paris boulevardiers of the 40s and 50s - Edith Piaf, Maurice Chevalier and Charles Trenet.
From Reuters ● Aug. 24, 2017
Tristan Bernard, 81, large-nosed, spade-bearded "last of the boulevardiers," Parisian novelist and playwright; of a heart ailment; in Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Lisbon boulevardiers have not lost any lions.
From Greenmantle by Buchan, John
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