Bluebeard
English
Etymology
blue + beard
Proper noun
Bluebeard
- 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
the famous fairy tale
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the title character
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Noun
Bluebeard (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.
- 2012, Lacey Baldwin-Smith, Henry VIII (page c)
Derived terms
- Bluebeardesque
References
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary of the English Language, International Encyclopedic Edition, 2002.