Bluebeard
See also: bluebeard
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editBluebeard
- A famous fairy tale written by Charles Perrault in 1697 about a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of his current wife to avoid the same fate.
- The nobleman who is the title character of the story.
Translations
editthe famous fairy tale
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the title character
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Noun
editBluebeard (plural Bluebeards)
- A man who marries and then murders one wife after another.
- 2012, Lacey Baldwin-Smith, Henry VIII, page c:
- Henry never lived down his reputation as a Bluebeard, and only a few years before his death sporting gentlemen in Antwerp were laying bets that the English Lothario would divorce and marry once again.
Derived terms
editReferences
editWebster's Collegiate Dictionary of the English Language, International Encyclopedic Edition, 2002.