See Also: referent(dictionary)
beau(dictionary)
en beau(dictionary)
beau-pot(dictionary)
beau(dictionary)
Brummell, Beau(dictionary)
Beau's Bistro(tourism)
Beau Vallon(tourism)
Beau's lines(medicine)
Brummell, Beau(encyclopedia)

beau sabreur (iou) and referent (iou)


beau sabreur (iou)



beau sabreur noun phr. Pl. beaux sabreurs (pronounced same). M19.
[French = fine (or handsome) swordsman: orig. a sobriquet of Joachim Murat (1767-1815), French cavalry officer and brother-in-law of Napoleon.]
A gallant warrior, a handsome or dashing adventurer.

referent (iou)



referent noun. M19.
[Latin referent- pres. ppl stem of referre REFER: see -ENT.]
A person who is referred to or consulted. M19.
a. Grammar. A word which refers to another. rare. L19.
b. Logic & Linguistics. The object or entity referred to, symbolized by, or qualified by a word or expression. E20.
A. Lurie Many..of these apparently 'meaningless' verses..have hidden historical and social referents.
Logic. Any member of the class of all terms bearing a given relation to any term. Cf. RELATUM 1. E20.