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Webster 1913 Edition

Bon vivant

‖

Bonˊ viˊvant′

(bôNˊ vē̍ˊväN′)

;

pl.

Bons vivants

(-väN′z)

.

[F.

bon

good +

vivant

,

p.

pr.

of

vivre

to live.]

A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.