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Noun: Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac
  1. A French soldier and dramatist remembered chiefly for fighting many duels (often over the size of his nose); was immortalized in 1897 in a play by Edmond Rostand (1619-1655)
    - Cyrano de Bergerac

Type of: dramatist, playwright, pongo [Brit, informal], soldier

Encyclopedia: Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac