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boulevardier

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/
  • /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdjeɪ/
  • /ˌbu-/
  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cocktail similar to a negroni but made with bourbon instead of gin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: capitalized, often

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To strut or show off like a boulevardier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flaunt, ostentate, swagger, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away, flamboast, flex, floss, fluff one's feathers, gallery, high-side, let one's nuts hang, ostent, preen, showboat, show away, show off, strut, strut one's stuff, stunt, swag it out, swank, three-sheet, venditate, yaya

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: visitor, visitant

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: boulevardier — a man who frequents the boulevards
  • French: boulevardière — a man who frequents the boulevards
  • Romanian: bulevardier — a man who frequents the boulevards