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CYRANO DE BERGERAC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
Cyrano de Bergerac; Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac
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Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)