Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac noun: a smart and articulate man, especially one who is the real power behind the throne and especially one with a big nose.
Noun
Cyrano de Bergerac (plural Cyrano de Bergeracs)
- A smart and articulate man, especially one who is the real power behind the throne and especially one with a big nose.
- 1 Washington opposition paper recently referred to Col. Bill Snort as the "Cyrano de Bergerac of the administration." Since then quite a number of friends have addressed me as Cyrano, and Bill Sterrett calls me "Cy."1898 October 10, Bill Snort, The Tammany Times, Tammany Publishing Company, page 9
- For out of the dark lemon-leaves to the left there emerged a head-a not unusual occurrence, one of the garden entrances from a terraced path being just there—a handsome young head, followed by well-braced shoulders and the whole figure of the Cyrano de Bergerac of the Carnival.2025, Maxwell Gray, The Suspicions of Ermengarde, Good Press
Forms of Cyrano de Bergerac
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Origin of Cyrano de Bergerac
From the titular character of the book Cyrano de Bergerac.
Questions about Cyrano de Bergerac
- What does Cyrano de Bergerac mean?
- Cyrano de Bergerac means a smart and articulate man, especially one who is the real power behind the throne and especially one with a big nose.
- What part of speech is Cyrano de Bergerac?
- Cyrano de Bergerac is a noun.
- What is the plural of Cyrano de Bergerac?
- The plural of Cyrano de Bergerac is Cyrano de Bergeracs.
Words near Cyrano de Bergerac in the dictionary
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