Bluebeard
noun
1 Bluebeard
fairytale A monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience.
Roget 903:
marriage,
matrimony,
wedlock,
union,
intermarriage,
miscegenation,
the bonds of marriage,
vinculum matrimonii [Lat.],
nuptial tie.
married state,
coverture,
bed,
cohabitation.
match;
betrothment
etc.
(promise)
768;
wedding,
nuptials,
Hymen,
bridal;
espousals,
spousals;
leading to the altar
etc.
v.;
nuptial benediction,
epithalamium†;
sealing.
torch of Hymen,
temple of Hymen;
hymeneal altar;
honeymoon.
bridesmaid,
bridesman†,
best man;
bride,
bridegroom.
married man,
married woman,
married couple;
neogamist†,
Benedict,
partner,
spouse,
mate,
yokemate†;
husband,
man,
consort,
baron;
old man,
good man;
wife of one's bosom;
helpmate,
rib,
better half,
gray mare,
old woman,
old lady,
good wife,
goodwife.
feme [Fr.],
feme coverte [Fr.];
squaw,
lady;
matron,
matronage,
matronhood†;
man and wife;
wedded pair,
Darby and Joan;
spiritual wife.
monogamy,
bigamy,
digamy†,
deuterogamy†,
trigamy†,
polygamy;
mormonism;
levirate†;
spiritual wifery†,
spiritual wifeism†;
polyandrism†;
Turk,
bluebeard†.
unlawful marriage,
left-handed marriage,
morganatic marriage,
ill-assorted marriage;
mesalliance;
mariage de convenance [Fr.].
marriage broker;
matrimonial agency,
matrimonial agent,
matrimonial bureau,
matchmaker;
schatchen [G.].
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Roget 962:
libertine;
voluptuary
etc.
954.1;
rake,
debauchee,
loose fish,
rip,
rakehell†,
fast man;
intrigant†,
gallant,
seducer,
fornicator,
lecher,
satyr,
goat,
whoremonger,
paillard†,
adulterer,
gay deceiver,
Lothario,
Don Juan,
Bluebeard†;
chartered libertine.
adulteress,
advoutress†,
courtesan,
prostitute,
strumpet,
harlot,
whore,
punk,
fille de joie [Fr.];
woman,
woman of the town;
streetwalker,
Cyprian,
miss,
piece [Fr.];
frail sisterhood;
demirep,
wench,
trollop,
trull†,
baggage,
hussy,
drab,
bitch,
jade,
skit,
rig,
quean†,
mopsy†,
slut,
minx,
harridan;
unfortunate,
unfortunate female,
unfortunate woman;
woman of easy virtue
etc.
(unchaste)
961;
wanton,
fornicatress†;
Jezebel,
Messalina,
Delilah,
Thais,
Phryne,
Aspasia†,
Lais,
lorette†,
cocotte†,
petite dame,
grisette†;
demimonde;
chippy [U.S.];
sapphist†;
spiritual wife;
white slave.
concubine,
mistress,
doxy†,
chere amie [Fr.],
bona roba [It].
pimp,
procurer;
pander,
pandar†;
bawd,
conciliatrix†,
procuress†,
mackerel,
wittol†.
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