ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Boulevardier

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Boulevardier is a noun meaning A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.

Meaning

A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.

More Meanings

  1. (often capitalized) An alcoholic drink similar to a negroni but made with bourbon instead of gin.
  2. (intransitive) To strut or show off like a boulevardier.

Example Sentences

"We're drinking Boulevardiers."
On the revival menu: boulevardiers, martinis, Manhattans, negronis, old fashioneds and more.
Sitting alone at his window-seat, he was like an old boulevardier fallen on hard times, waspish, inward, slothful.
Make no bones about it, if you were drinking a Boulevardier at Harry's in 1920, you were also drinking in a few hundred litres of smoke-filled air alongside it.[…]

Word Forms

Synonyms for boulevardier

Depending on context, synonyms include man about town, flaneur, flaunt, ostentate, swagger, exhibitionize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flaneur, townman, viveur, saloniste, gallivanter, bustler.

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