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viveur

viveur noun: someone who lives well.

Noun

viveur (plural viveurs)

  1. Someone who lives well.
    • "Walter Moyne was an extraordinary man, colossally rich, well-meaning, intelligent, scrupulous, yet a viveur ... he collected yachts, fish, monkeys and women." from Chips, the diaries of Sir Henry Channon. Edited by Robert Rhodes James. Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1967.

Forms of viveur

pluralviveurs

Origin of viveur

Borrowed from French viveur.

Phrases with viveur

Questions about viveur

What does viveur mean?
Viveur means someone who lives well.
What part of speech is viveur?
Viveur is a noun.
What is the plural of viveur?
The plural of viveur is viveurs.

Words near viveur in the dictionary

  1. viverriform
  2. viverrine
  3. viverrines
  4. vivers
  5. vives
  6. viveur
  7. viveurs
  8. vivi-
  9. Vivian
  10. Viviane
  11. vivianite

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