bluebeard

Speech parts

1. bluebeard - Noun

2. Bluebeard - Proper noun

Meaning

The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mormon iceman bluebird butcher fiend ogre monster killer beard murderer assassin monogamy hooligan villain hit man
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Examples

The town has a long history of pirates, especially stories of Bluebeard and Blackbeard (Edward Teach). Source: Internet

Juvenile detained in suspicious firesA 14-year-old girl is custody in connection with three mobile home fires on North Bluebeard Trail in Supply. Source: Internet

Bluebeard was a man who had been married several times, but no one knew what had happened to his previous wives. Source: Internet

The narrative is a sly twist on Bluebeard in which an author meets his match in a character come to life. Source: Internet

They call him Bluebeard, and she is nameless because she is his possession. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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