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beau joueur

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from French beau joueur (“handsome player”).

  1. borrowed from beau joueur

Definitions

  1. A gambler, especially if skilled.

    • With refilled purses they will visit one of the thousand foreign towns, so glad to receive the beaux joueurs of England.
    • "You are a heart and soul gambler." ¶ "Confess, however, I am beau joueur. I know how to lose."

  2. A good sport, a gallant sportsman.

    • Beau joüeur, One that plays fair, and never frets at play.
    • In all the "adventures" in life, in peace and in war, the Super-man must exhibit the serenity of the beau joueur, the smiling grace of the dancer, the joyous simplicity of a child at play.
    • "Beau joueur," she had called him. How much fuller of fragrance was the Gallic phrase than the English "sport" or "sportsman"; it was perfumed with breeding; it conjured up gesture, a pinch of snuff and a dust of lace ruffles and—

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