"Bluebeard" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: blue + beard Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|beard}} blue + beard Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bluebeard
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Fairy tale characters, Fairy tales, Fictional characters, Male people, Murder, People Translations (the famous fairy tale): اَللِّحْيَة الزَّرْقَاء (al-liḥya z-zarqāʔ) [feminine] (Arabic), 藍鬍子 (Chinese Mandarin), 蓝胡子 (Lán Húzi) (Chinese Mandarin), Blauwbaard (Dutch), Blubarbulo (Esperanto), Ritari Siniparta (Finnish), Barbe-Bleue [masculine] (French), Blaubart [masculine] (German), Κυανοπώγων (Kyanopógon) [masculine] (Greek), Barbablù [masculine] (Italian), 青ひげ (Aohige) (alt: あおひげ) (Japanese), Көк сақал (Kök saqal) (Kazakh), Хөх сахалт (Xöx saxalt) (Mongolian), Sinobrody [masculine] (Polish), Barbă Albastră (Romanian), Си́няя Борода́ (Sínjaja Borodá) [feminine] (Russian), Blåskägg (Swedish), Mavi Sakal (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Bluebeard-en-name-emfBMjbO Disambiguation of Fairy tale characters: 89 7 4 Disambiguation of Fairy tales: 81 13 6 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 70 21 9 Disambiguation of Male people: 39 35 26 Disambiguation of Murder: 56 25 20 Disambiguation of People: 44 33 23 Disambiguation of 'the famous fairy tale': 99 1
  2. The nobleman who is the title character of the story. Categories (topical): Male people Translations (the title character): 藍鬍子 (Chinese Mandarin), 蓝胡子 (Lán Húzi) (Chinese Mandarin), Blauwbaard (Dutch), Ritari Siniparta (Finnish), Barbe-Bleue [masculine] (French), Blaubart [masculine] (German), Κυανοπώγων (Kyanopógon) [masculine] (Greek), Barbablù [masculine] (Italian), 青ひげ (Aohige) (alt: あおひげ) (Japanese), Ridder Blåskjegg (Norwegian), Sinobrody [masculine] (Polish), Barba Azul [masculine] (Portuguese), Barbă Albastră (Romanian), Си́няя Борода́ (Sínjaja Borodá) [feminine] (Russian), Blåskägg (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Bluebeard-en-name-wLC6py1q Disambiguation of Male people: 39 35 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 45 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 41 26 Disambiguation of 'the title character': 15 85

Noun

Forms: Bluebeards [plural]
Etymology: blue + beard Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|beard}} blue + beard Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bluebeard (plural Bluebeards)
  1. A man who marries and then murders one wife after another. Categories (topical): Male people Derived forms: Bluebeardesque
    Sense id: en-Bluebeard-en-noun-smcvV6jI Disambiguation of Male people: 39 35 26

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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "word": "Ritari Siniparta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Barbe-Bleue"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Blaubart"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Kyanopógon",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Κυανοπώγων"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Barbablù"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あおひげ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Aohige",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "word": "青ひげ"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "word": "Ridder Blåskjegg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sinobrody"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Barba Azul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "word": "Barbă Albastră"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sínjaja Borodá",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Си́няя Борода́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the title character",
      "word": "Blåskägg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Bluebeard"
  ],
  "word": "Bluebeard"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjective-noun compound nouns",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English eponyms",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Fairy tale characters",
    "en:Fairy tales",
    "en:Fictional characters",
    "en:Male people",
    "en:Murder",
    "en:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Bluebeardesque"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "blue",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "blue + beard",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Bluebeards",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Bluebeard (plural Bluebeards)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Lacey Baldwin-Smith, Henry VIII, page c",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A man who marries and then murders one wife after another."
      ]
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    "Bluebeard"
  ],
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}
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": 青髭 (あおひげ, Aohige) vs. あおひげ",
  "path": [
    "Bluebeard"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Bluebeard",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1930",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": 青髭 (あおひげ, Aohige) vs. あおひげ",
  "path": [
    "Bluebeard"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Bluebeard",
  "trace": ""
}

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