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boulevardier

verb /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/

  1. To strut or show off like a boulevardier.

    intransitive

    One spectacular being clothed liked a boulevardiering cavalier and having the mein of a finished chesterfieldian gentleman was noted seated in an oak near the cabin one day. ... It was a northern butcher-bird, the aggressive shrike ....

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry boulevardier (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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