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Bluebeard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Calque of French Barbe-Bleue (literally “blue beard”).
Meanings
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A man who marries and then murders one wife after another.
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.
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Deriveds
Bluebeardesque
Bluebeard en · PROPN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Calque of French Barbe-Bleue (literally “blue beard”).
Meanings
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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.
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The nobleman who is the title character of the story.
Translations (33)
ar اَللِّحْيَة الزَّرْقَاء (the famous fairy tale) · fi Ritari Siniparta (the title character) · el Κυανοπώγων (the famous fairy tale) · it Barbablù (the famous fairy tale) · pl Sinobrody (the title character) · sv Blåskägg (the famous fairy tale) · fi Ritari Siniparta (the famous fairy tale) · fr Barbe-Bleue (the title character) · bg Синята Брада (the title character) · fr Barbe-Bleue (the famous fairy tale) · vi Yêu Râu Xanh (the famous fairy tale) · cmn 藍鬍子 /蓝胡子 (the title character) · ru Си́няя Борода́ (the famous fairy tale) · kk Көк сақал (the famous fairy tale) · ro Barbă Albastră (the famous fairy tale) · it Barbablù (the title character) · ja 青ひげ (the famous fairy tale) · pt Barba Azul (the title character) · cmn 藍鬍子 /蓝胡子 (the famous fairy tale) · no Ridder Blåskjegg (the title character) · eo Blubarbulo (the famous fairy tale) · pl Sinobrody (the famous fairy tale) · tr Mavi Sakal (the famous fairy tale) · ja 青ひげ (the title character) · mn Хөх сахалт (the famous fairy tale) · nl Blauwbaard (the famous fairy tale) · ro Barbă Albastră (the title character) · de Blaubart (the title character) · de Blaubart (the famous fairy tale) · el Κυανοπώγων (the title character) · ru Си́няя Борода́ (the title character) · sv Blåskägg (the title character) · nl Blauwbaard (the title character)