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SAVINIEN CYRANO DE BERGERAC

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Overview

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)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


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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