Cyrano de Bergerac

English Etymology From the titular character of the book Cyrano de Bergerac. Noun A smart and articulate man, especially one who is the real power behind the throne and especially one with a big nose. en 1 Washington opposition paper recently referred to Col. Bill Snort as the "Cyrano de Bergerac of the administration." Since then quite a number of friends have addressed me as Cyrano, and Bill Sterrett calls me "Cy." https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Tammany_Times/aKw6AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+cyrano+de+bergerac+of%22&pg=RA43-PA9&printsec=frontcover The Tammany Times 9 Bill Snort October 10, 1898 Tammany Publishing Company en For out of the dark lemon-leaves to the left there emerged a head-a not unusual occurrence, one of the garden entrances from a terraced path being just there—a handsome young head, followed by well-braced shoulders and the whole figure of the Cyrano de Bergerac of the Carnival. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_suspicions_of_Ermengarde/vhRMEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+cyrano+de+bergerac+of%22+-rostand&pg=PT119&printsec=frontcover Good Press The Suspicions of Ermengarde Maxwell Gray 2025 en But in running debate, which is like a duel with swords, Blaine was the Cyrano de Bergerac of his generation. Imperturbable, versatile, confident, never disconcerted, at the last line he hit. 430 https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_the_Writings_of_John_Jam/P18tAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+cyrano+de+bergerac+of%22+-rostand&pg=PA430&printsec=frontcover 1902 A Collection of the Writings of John James Ingalls: Essays, Addresses, and Orations John James Ingalls William Elsey Connelley Hudson-Kimberly publishing Company en By one abler than the present writer, Daggett has been called the "Mirabeau of the press." A new character in literature permits the suggestion that he was more: He was the Cyrano de Bergerac of Nevada journalism. 467 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_Nevada/ebcUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+cyrano+de+bergerac+of%22+-rostand&pg=PA467&printsec=frontcover The History of Nevada 1913 Sam Post Davis Elms Publishing Company, Incorporated en terms derived from fiction eponyms en Fictional characters