beau sabreur
UK/bəʊ saˈbɹəː/
beau sabreur noun: a gallant warrior; a handsome or dashing adventurer.
Noun
beau sabreur (plural beaux sabreurs)
- A gallant warrior; a handsome or dashing adventurer.
- At the last fatal moment he behaved with the courage to be expected from Le beau sabreur, placed on his breast a picture of his wife, refused to have his eyes bandaged, or to use a seat, and received six balls in his head, and fell without a groan.1817, anonymous author, The Edinburgh Annual Register for 1815, page 198
- Murat met his fate as became le beau sabreur. He fastened his wife's picture on his breast, refused to have his eyes bandaged, or to use a seat, received six balls through his heart, and met the death he had braved with impunity in the thick of many conflicts, and sought in vain in many others.1827, Sir Walter Scott, The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, page 703
Forms of beau sabreur
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Origin of beau sabreur
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).
Questions about beau sabreur
- What does beau sabreur mean?
- Beau sabreur means a gallant warrior; a handsome or dashing adventurer.
- What part of speech is beau sabreur?
- Beau sabreur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce beau sabreur?
- Beau sabreur is pronounced /bəʊ saˈbɹəː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of beau sabreur?
- The plural of beau sabreur is beaux sabreurs.
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