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SAVINIEN CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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• SAVINIEN CYRANO DE BERGERAC (noun)
The noun SAVINIEN 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: SAVINIEN CYRANO DE BERGERAC used as a noun is very rare.
• SAVINIEN 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)
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