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Bluebeard

The English word “Bluebeard” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. A famous fairy tale 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.
  2. The nobleman who is the title character of the story.

noun

  1. A man who marries and then murders one wife after another.

Etymology

Calque of French Barbe-Bleue (literally “blue beard”).

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