Noun
A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.
Source: Webster's dictionarybon-vivant
Commoners are weightless. But he was a royal bon vivant who, no matter what, always weighed 125 kilos. I would be very surprised if he didn't have a few pounds left. Jean-Paul Sartre
I thought back to the reasonably well-dressed and well-spoken bon vivant I’d presented myself as on the second date. Source: Internet
Scervino is a quintessentially Italian bon vivant with an appreciation for tasteful luxe; in his collections, Made in Italy standards for high-quality fabrications and often handmade execution are paramount. Source: Internet
Of course, given Amis's long, alcohol-related decline, the whole charming bon vivant routine here comes with the queasy sepulchral undertone that you're burdened with when you have lived beyond the sad ending of someone else's story. Source: Internet
Satirical impulses are directed at every other character in the novel: the bon vivant (Anna's brother, Stiva), the sanctimonious religious hypocrite (Countess Lydia Ivanovna), the society flirt (Countess Betsy Tverskaya), the careerist (Karenin). Source: Internet
Say hello to our friend Susan Shea: author, mystery booster, all-around bon vivant. Source: Internet