Cy·ra·no de Ber·ge·rac (sîr  -n d bûr zh-r k, b r-), Savinien de 1619-1655. French satirist and duelist whose works include the spirited drama The Pedant Imitated (1654). He is the subject of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), which depicts him as a chivalric duelist with a comically long nose. |
Cyrano de Bergerac (French) [sirano də bɛrʒərak]
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(Biographies / Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien (1619-1655) M, French, WRITING: writer, MILITARY: soldier, MISC: duellist) Savinien (savinjɛ̃). 1619-55, French writer and soldier, famous as a duellist and for his large nose. He became widely known through the verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) by Edmond Rostand
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| Noun | 1. | Cyrano de Bergerac - 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) |
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