< French, after Canon Félix Kir (1876–1968), mayor of Dijon, who allegedly created the recipe
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Soon after, we discover Z speaks Latin and French with ease and that his ideal first date involves transporting his soft target to Paris to sip Kir Royales by the Seine.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Kir acted after a group of anti-fascists threatened to disrupt the meeting.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
In a message to organisers, the area's local mayor Emir Kir claimed some of the attendees hold anti-gay and anti-abortion views.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024
Horning suggests substituting raspberry flavors like Chambord for a twist on a French Martini or a Kir Royale.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
The waiter pours two flutes of Kir Royal then impatiently stacks the chairs behind us.
From Fountain Street by Francoeur, Jazno
Jean-Michel Gérard, 66, one of the kir drinkers, worked in the meat business from age 15, as a butcher, in slaughterhouses, or as a trucker hauling beef carcasses.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
Aligoté is traditionally the wine blended with creme de cassis liqueur to make a kir cocktail.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2020
There is a kir and a sbagliato, which is nothing more than Campari and red vermouth on the rocks topped up with prosecco.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2017
I booked it and I wasn't feeling very well," she explains, "and I ordered a kir royal and then said 'I don't think I'm going to make it.'
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2012
The root of all these, as well as of or in Senator, victor, etc., is the same as ker or kir; which means, Lord, master, maker, doer, possessor of something or connected with something.
From Letters to his mother, Ann Borrow and Other Correspondents by Wise, Thomas James
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