"boulevardier" meaning in English

See boulevardier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/, /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdjeɪ/, /ˌbu-/ Forms: boulevardiers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|boulevardier}} French boulevardier, {{suffix|fr||ier|nocat=1}} + -ier Head templates: {{en-noun}} boulevardier (plural boulevardiers)
  1. A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant. Categories (topical): People Translations (a man who frequents the boulevards): boulevardier [masculine] (French), boulevardière [feminine] (French), bulevardier [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-boulevardier-en-noun-dRFWrW5~ Disambiguation of People: 63 37 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 29 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 26 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 52 33 12 0 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 25 8 0 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 58 26 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 61 26 13 Disambiguation of 'a man who frequents the boulevards': 98 2
  2. (often capitalized) An alcoholic drink similar to a negroni but made with bourbon instead of gin. Tags: capitalized, often
    Sense id: en-boulevardier-en-noun-jCT2tZv4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: man about town, flaneur Related terms: bon vivant, dandy Coordinate_terms: mall rat

Verb

IPA: /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/, /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdjeɪ/, /ˌbu-/ Forms: boulevardiers [present, singular, third-person], boulevardiering [participle, present], boulevardiered [participle, past], boulevardiered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|boulevardier}} French boulevardier, {{suffix|fr||ier|nocat=1}} + -ier Head templates: {{en-verb}} boulevardier (third-person singular simple present boulevardiers, present participle boulevardiering, simple past and past participle boulevardiered)
  1. (intransitive) To strut or show off like a boulevardier. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-boulevardier-en-verb-Eu~V5e3F

Inflected forms

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