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Boulevardier

//ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.

    "Sitting alone at his window-seat, he was like an old boulevardier fallen on hard times, waspish, inward, slothful."

  2. 2
    a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris) wordnet
  3. 3
    An alcoholic drink similar to a negroni but made with bourbon instead of gin. capitalized, often

    "The boulevardier is a fun drink. Similar to the negroni, the boulevardier features bourbon as the spirit instead of gin for the negroni. To be clear, they are different drinks but at the same time similar.[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To strut or show off like a boulevardier. intransitive

    "One spectacular being clothed liked a boulevardiering cavalier and having the mein of a finished chesterfieldian gentleman was noted seated in an oak near the cabin one day. ... It was a northern butcher-bird, the aggressive shrike ...."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier.

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