# Bluebeard

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #76,583

## Definitions
1. A famous fairy tale written by Charles Perrault in 1697 about a violent nobleman who has the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of his current wife to avoid the same fate.
2. The nobleman who is the title character of the story.

## Etymology
Calque of French Barbe-Bleue (literally “blue beard”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bluebeard