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boulevardier boo-luh-var-DYAY; bul-uh-, noun:
1. A frequenter of city boulevards, especially in Paris.
2. A sophisticated, worldly, and socially active man; a man who frequents fashionable places; a man-about-town.
Boulevardier is from French, from boulevard, from Old French bollevart, "rampart converted to a promenade," from Middle Low German bolwerk, "bulwark."
bulwark: Middle English bulwerke, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from bolle tree trunk + werc work
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 a: a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart b: breakwater, seawall
2: a strong support or protection
3: the side of a ship above the upper deck - usually used in plural
Och av detta lär vi oss att boulevard betyder träkonstruktion samt att Alma är ordnörd.
1. A frequenter of city boulevards, especially in Paris.
2. A sophisticated, worldly, and socially active man; a man who frequents fashionable places; a man-about-town.
Boulevardier is from French, from boulevard, from Old French bollevart, "rampart converted to a promenade," from Middle Low German bolwerk, "bulwark."
bulwark: Middle English bulwerke, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from bolle tree trunk + werc work
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 a: a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart b: breakwater, seawall
2: a strong support or protection
3: the side of a ship above the upper deck - usually used in plural
Och av detta lär vi oss att boulevard betyder träkonstruktion samt att Alma är ordnörd.
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