Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de

Cy·ra·no de Ber·ge·rac

C0842200 (sîr′ə-nō də bûr′zhə-răk′, bĕr′-), Savinien de 1619-1655. French satirist and duelist whose works include the spirited drama The Pedant Imitated (1654). He is the subject of Edmond Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897), which depicts him as a chivalric swordsman with a comically long nose.