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- [bloo-beerd]
- /ˈbluˌbɪərd/
- /ˈbluːbɪəd/
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- [bloo-beerd]
- /ˈbluˌbɪərd/
Definitions of bluebeard word
- noun bluebeard a villain in European folk tales who marries several wives and murders them in turn. In many versions the seventh and last wife escapes the fate of the others 3
- noun bluebeard a man who has had several wives 3
- noun bluebeard a character in an old folk tale who married and then murdered one wife after another 3
- noun bluebeard a fairy-tale character whose seventh wife found the bodies of her predecessors in a room she had been forbidden to enter. 1
- noun bluebeard any man alleged to have murdered a number of his wives or other women. 1
- noun bluebeard A man who married and then murdered one wife after another. 0
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Parts of speech for Bluebeard
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bluebeard popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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