Usually means: Enjoys fine food and drink.
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  1. bon vivant: Merriam-Webster
  2. bon vivant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bon vivant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bon vivant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bon vivant: Vocabulary.com
  6. bon-vivant, bon vivant: Wordnik
  7. bon vivant: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bon-vivant, bon vivant: Wiktionary
  9. bon vivant: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. bon vivant: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Bon vivant, bon-vivant, bon vivant: Dictionary.com
  12. bon-vivant: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Bon-vivant, Bon vivant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Bon vivant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. bon vivant: Rhymezone
  16. Bon vivant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. Bon Vivant: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. bon vivant: FreeDictionary.org
  19. bon vivant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. bon vivant: Foreign Words and Phrases
  21. bon vivant: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. bon vivant: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. bon vivant: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bon vivant)

▸ noun:  A man who enjoys luxurious things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town.

Similar:
epicurean, gourmet, gastronome, epicure, bon-vivant, man about town, gentleman about town, convivialist, playboy, highboy, more...

Opposite:
misanthrope, introvert, recluse, hermit

Types:
gourmet, epicure, gastronome, connoisseur, foodie, wine enthusiast, hedonist, sybarite, more...

Adjectives:
gourmet, epicurious, gastronomical, epicurean, apolaustic, hedonistic, esculent, delish, scrummy, morish, chowchow
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Similar:
epicurean, gourmet, gastronome, epicure, bon-vivant, man about town, gentleman about town, convivialist, playboy, highboy, more...

Opposite:
misanthrope, introvert, recluse, hermit

Types:
gourmet, epicure, gastronome, connoisseur, foodie, wine enthusiast, hedonist, sybarite, more...

Adjectives:
gourmet, epicurious, gastronomical, epicurean, apolaustic, hedonistic, esculent, delish, scrummy, morish, chowchow



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