Definitions
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- noun Someone who lives well.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He wanted first editions of the poets; had a liking for old furniture and old silver, for fine pictures, Eastern carpets and Renascence bronzes; in fine, he had all the artist's desires as well as those of the poet and "viveur".
Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions Harris, Frank 1910
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B--- is 'viveur' no doubt, mais, mon Dieu, que voulezvous?
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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B--- is 'viveur' no doubt, mais, mon Dieu, que voulez vous?
Villa Rubein, and other stories John Galsworthy 1900
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By contrast, LulzSec, whose website plays the theme from Love Boat and has a monocled cartoon bon viveur as its avatar, is more flamboyant.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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Yet his subsequent existence as a freelance engineer was no less intense, as he careered across America with noted bon viveur Robert Palmer, ate opium with John Martyn and emerged from making two Talk Talk albums in total darkness with both his sanity and marriage somehow intact.
Life in the recording studio with Led Zep, Bob Marley and many more 2011
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He read out: ‘This known bon viveur, Wit, rakehell, and royal intimate, has abducted Mistress Elizabeth Malet, the great heiress of the North, who is only sixteen years old!’
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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He read out: ‘This known bon viveur, Wit, rakehell, and royal intimate, has abducted Mistress Elizabeth Malet, the great heiress of the North, who is only sixteen years old!’
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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By contrast, LulzSec, whose website plays the theme from Love Boat and has a monocled cartoon bon viveur as its avatar, is more flamboyant.
Hackers' childish squabble that ended in a raid by Scotland Yard 2011
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That the air around him is delicately perfumed with vestigial lunchtime booze just seems like the finishing touch to the portrait of a Manhattan bon viveur.
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Willie, though an elder of the Church of Scotland, seemed to me a bon viveur, fond of his dram.
Family life 2012
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