boulevardier
[boo l-uh-vahr-deer, boo-luh-; French booluh-var-dyey]
- a person who frequents the most fashionable Parisian locales.
- bon vivant.
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Origin of boulevardier
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Historical Examples of boulevardier
He has in him nothing of the boulevardier, and he is happy only when at work.
He composed feuilletons that would have made the fortune of a boulevardier.
Edgar Saltus: The ManMarie Saltus
With swift intelligence, she felt him to be no more a boulevardier than she was light.
To Win the Love He SoughtE. Phillips Oppenheim
By nature you're a boulevardier, or what the newspapers call a 'clubman.'
The Street Called StraightBasil King
He could now pass for a boulevardier while before he had the air of a cutthroat.
boulevardier
- (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
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Word Origin and History for boulevardier
1856, French, "one who frequents the boulevard;" i.e.: man-about-town, one fond of urban living and society.
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