CYRANO DE BERGERAC

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• CYRANO DE BERGERAC (noun)
  The noun CYRANO DE BERGERAC has 1 sense:

1. a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655)

  Familiarity information: CYRANO DE BERGERAC used as a noun is very rare.

• CYRANO DE BERGERAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cyrano de Bergerac; Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)