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beau joueur

beau joueur noun: a gambler, especially if skilled.

Noun

beau joueur (plural beaux joueurs)

  1. A gambler, especially if skilled.
    • With refilled purses they will visit one of the thousand foreign towns, so glad to receive the beaux joueurs of England.1861, John Kemp, Wild Dayrell, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, page 71
    • Either the child is frightened by her three consecutive losses, and hesitates, or else the combination for which she is waiting has not yet arisen. Ninety-nine people in the hundred would surmise the former. I, who know Angélique better, and know if ever beau joueur—or rather, I suppose, belle...1878 November 30, “Angélique's Martingale”, in All The Year Round, number 522, page 520
  2. A good sport, a gallant sportsman.
    • Beau joüeur, One that plays fair, and never frets at play.1728, Abel Boyer, The Royal Dictionary: Abridged in Two Parts, I French and English, II English and French, 5th Corrected and Impro'd edition
    • In all the "adventures" in life, in peace and in war, the Super-man must exhibit the serenity of the beau joueur, the smiling grace of the dancer, the joyous simplicity of a child at play.1909, E. T. H., “Nietzsche and Madame Blavatsky”, in Theosophical Quarterly Magazine, volume VI, number 4, page 336

Examples of beau joueur in a sentence

  • I, who know Angélique better, and know if ever beau joueur—or rather, I suppose, belle joueuse—was born, it is that small slight child at my side, think otherwise.1878 November 30, “Angélique's Martingale”, in All The Year Round, number 522, page 520:
  • "You are a heart and soul gambler." ¶ "Confess, however, I am beau joueur.1904, Charles Lever, The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly, Little, Brown, and Company, page 352:

Forms of beau joueur

pluralbeaux joueurs

Origin of beau joueur

Borrowed from French beau joueur (“handsome player”).

Questions about beau joueur

What does beau joueur mean?
Beau joueur means a gambler, especially if skilled.
How do you use beau joueur in a sentence?
I, who know Angélique better, and know if ever beau joueur—or rather, I suppose, belle joueuse—was born, it is that small slight child at my side, think otherwise.
What part of speech is beau joueur?
Beau joueur is a noun.
What is the plural of beau joueur?
The plural of beau joueur is beaux joueurs.

Words near beau joueur in the dictionary

  1. beau
  2. beau geste
  3. beau gestes
  4. beau ideal
  5. beau idéal
  6. beau joueur
  7. beau monde
  8. beau monde seasoning
  9. beau sabreur
  10. Beau's lines
  11. beau-catcher

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