Bluebeard Definition

blo͝obîrd
noun
A character in an old folk tale who married and then murdered one wife after another.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A famous fairytale 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.

Wiktionary
The nobleman who is the title character of the story.
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Other Word Forms of Bluebeard

Noun

Singular:
bluebeard
Plural:
bluebeards

Origin of Bluebeard

  • After Blue Beard , translation of French Barbe Bleue, a character in a story by Charles Perrault (1628–1703)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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