cyrano de bergerac

1. 1.

   a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655)

   SynonymsSavinien Cyrano de Bergerac

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Questions about cyrano de bergerac

What does cyrano de bergerac mean?

cyrano de bergerac means "a French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655)".

What is another word for cyrano de bergerac?

Close synonyms include Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cyrano de bergerac a common word?

cyrano de bergerac is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.