noun
Bluebeard
noun
1
A man who marries and kills a series of wives, after the villain of the classic fairy tale.
"The tabloids called him a modern-day Bluebeard after the third wife went missing."
How to Use Bluebeard
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA reference to a man who marries and kills multiple wives, from the famous fairy tale.
Word Forms
Bluebeards plural, bluebeards plural
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Etymology
A translation of French Barbe-Bleue, the title character of a 1697 fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a nobleman who murders his wives one after another.