bon viveur
Example Sentences
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Souness described his former teammate as “a charming man, bon viveur, great stories. He enjoyed a year at Liverpool, when we had a glory year and he was a big part of that.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2020
When they elected Charles Kennedy as their leader in 1999, the Liberal Democrats knew they had chosen a "bon viveur" over rivals with more gravitas but less charisma.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2015
Northern Irishman Clarke is not entirely the affable, Guinness-loving bon viveur of public image.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2015
Hall has revelled in his reputation as a bon viveur and claimed to have coined the phrase "the beautiful game" to describe one of his football heroes, former Man City player Peter Doherty.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2013
For he was something more than your bon viveur and your social animal, this man with his wide grey eyes and the flopping lock on his broad forehead.
From A Woman's Experience in the Great War by Louise Mack
