Bluebeard

Definitions

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. A man who marries and then murders one wife after another.
3. Any of the genus Caryopteris of plants native to eastern Asia, now cultivated in gardens.
   countable, uncountable
4. The nobleman who is the title character of the story.

Equivalents

Examples

“Henry never lived down his reputation as a Bluebeard, and only a few years before his death sporting gentlemen in Antwerp were laying bets that the English Lothario would divorce and marry⟳ once again.”

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