beau sabreur
beau sabreur · beaux sabreurs
A gallant warrior; a handsome or dashing adventurerA gallant warrior; a handsome or dashing adventurer.
/bəʊ saˈbɹəː/
Meaning
1 sensesA gallant warrior; a handsome or dashing adventurer.
Origin
Borrowed from French beau sabreur, from French beau (“handsome”) + sabreur (“swordsman”).Borrowed from French beau sabreur, from French beau (“handsome”) + sabreur (“swordsman”). Originally applied as a nickname of Napoleon's brother-in-law Joachim Murat (1767-1815) (see Scott quotation).
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Forms
plural: beaux sabreurs| Singular | beau sabreur |
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irregular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedbelle sabreuse
See also
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