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Ragueneau

Ragueneau noun: a kind and generous pastry chef, especially one who is fat and who is a good companion or friend.

Noun

Ragueneau (plural Ragueneaus)

  1. A kind and generous pastry chef, especially one who is fat and who is a good companion or friend.
    • I defend the pudgy Sancho Panzas, the rotund Ragueneaus, and the sentimental Samwise Gamgees of the world.2014, Dwight Longenecker, The Romance of Religion: Fighting for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty, page 87=88
    • Claude Coutel is the Ragueneau of Parisian restaurants. His fixed-price meals inciuding wine are copious.1955, Paris, McGraw-Hill, page 137

Forms of Ragueneau

pluralRagueneaus

Origin of Ragueneau

From the character in Cyrano de Bergerac.

Questions about Ragueneau

What does Ragueneau mean?
Ragueneau means a kind and generous pastry chef, especially one who is fat and who is a good companion or friend.
What part of speech is Ragueneau?
Ragueneau is a noun.
What is the plural of Ragueneau?
The plural of Ragueneau is Ragueneaus.

Words near Ragueneau in the dictionary

  1. ragtop
  2. ragtops
  3. ragu
  4. Ragucci
  5. Raguccis
  6. Ragueneau
  7. Raguileo alphabet
  8. raguinite
  9. raguled
  10. raguly
  11. ragus

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