a villain in European folk tales who marries several wives and murders them in turn. In many versions the seventh and last wife escapes the fate of the others
2.
a man who has had several wives
Bluebeard in American English
(ˈbluˌbɪrd)
noun
a character in an old folk tale who married and then murdered one wife after another
Examples of 'Bluebeard' in a sentence
Bluebeard
Defeated by the locked door of Bluebeard 's Chamber, Annie prowled around upstairs again, forgetting her inhibitions in frustration.
Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004)
`Take this over to Bluebeard 's Boutique - "She handed him a parcel.
Babson, Marian DEATH IN FASHION (2004)
"Put a knife in those teeth and you'd be Bluebeard incarnate," she said.