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bluebeard

bluebeard noun: any member of the genus Caryopteris of plants native to eastern Asia, now cultivated in gardens.

Noun (1)

bluebeard (countable and uncountable, plural bluebeards)

  1. Any member of the genus Caryopteris of plants native to eastern Asia, now cultivated in gardens.

Proper noun capitalized: Bluebeard

Bluebeard

  1. 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.
  2. The nobleman who is the title character of the story.

Noun (2) capitalized: Bluebeard

Bluebeard (plural Bluebeards)

  1. 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.2012, Lacey Baldwin-Smith, Henry VIII, page c

bluebeard meaning in Tamil

bluebeard in Tamil

பல மனைவியர்களையுடைய கணவன், பிரெஞ்சு கதைநாயகன்

Forms of bluebeard

pluralbluebeards
pluralBluebeards

Origin of bluebeard

From blue + beard.

Calque of French Barbe-Bleue (literally “blue beard”).

Words formed from bluebeard

Questions about bluebeard

What does bluebeard mean?
Bluebeard means any member of the genus Caryopteris of plants native to eastern Asia, now cultivated in gardens.
What is bluebeard in Tamil?
Bluebeard in Tamil is பல மனைவியர்களையுடைய கணவன், பிரெஞ்சு கதைநாயகன். See Bluebeard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bluebeard?
Bluebeard can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bluebeard?
The plural of bluebeard is bluebeards.

Words near bluebeard in the dictionary

  1. bluebacks
  2. blueball
  3. blueballed
  4. blueballing
  5. blueballs
  6. bluebeard
  7. Bluebeardesque
  8. Bluebeardian
  9. Bluebeardism
  10. bluebeards
  11. bluebeat

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