Bluebeard
A famous fairy tale written by Charles Perrault in 1697 about a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of his current wife to avoid the same fate.
Proper noun
- A famous fairy tale written by Charles Perrault in 1697 about a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of his current wife to avoid the same fate.
- The nobleman who is the title character of the story.
Origin
Calque of French Barbe-Bleue (literally “blue beard”).
Noun
- A man who marries and then murders one wife after another.
- Henry never lived down his reputation as a Bluebeard, and only a few years before his death sporting gentlemen in Antwerp were laying bets that the English Lothario would divorce and marry once again. - 2012, Lacey...