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belle sabreuse

belle sabreuse noun: a gallant swordswoman; a dashing female adventurer.

Noun

belle sabreuse (plural belles sabreuses)

  1. A gallant swordswoman; a dashing female adventurer.
    • The newspaper accounts show that several attempts were made, and not without success in two or three instances, to deprive la belle sabreuse of the points she had made, and to place her hors de combat.1896 March, Claxton Wilstach, “The Señorita of the Sword”, in Godey's Magazine, volume CXXXII, number 789, pages 257–260
    • Quite sexy, those scars, though, in a belle sabreuse sort of way.1998, Luke Jennings, Beauty Story, Hutchinson, page 161

Forms of belle sabreuse

pluralbelles sabreuses

Origin of belle sabreuse

Borrowed from French belle (“lovely”) + sabreuse (“swordswoman”), after beau sabreur.

Questions about belle sabreuse

What does belle sabreuse mean?
Belle sabreuse means a gallant swordswoman; a dashing female adventurer.
What part of speech is belle sabreuse?
Belle sabreuse is a noun.
What is the plural of belle sabreuse?
The plural of belle sabreuse is belles sabreuses.

Words near belle sabreuse in the dictionary

  1. Belle Isle cress
  2. belle laide
  3. Belle Mead
  4. belle of the ball
  5. Belle Plaine
  6. belle sabreuse
  7. Belle Vue
  8. belle weather
  9. belle époque
  10. belle-lettre
  11. belle-lettrist

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