Cy·ra·no de Ber·ge·rac

(sîr′ə-nō də bûr′zhə-răk′, bĕr′-), 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 swordsman with a comically long nose.

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Cyrano de Bergerac

(French sirano də bɛrʒərak)

(Biography) 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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Ber•ge•rac

(ˈbɜr ʒəˌræk)

n. Savinien Cyrano de,

1619–55, French soldier, swordsman, and writer: hero of play by Rostand.

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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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