fier-à-bras
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Sentences with the word fier-à-bras
Poltron, avec cela, comme un lièvre, et dissimulant mal sa lâcheté sous des airs de fier-à-bras.Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873)
Ni fier-à-bras, ni joli cœur.Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of FIERABRAS s. m.
Terme populaire, qui se dit d'un fanfaron qui fait le brave & le furieux, qui se veut faire craindre par ses menaces. Ce mot vient de Guillaume Fierabrach, c'est à dire, Bras de fer, qui estoit frere de Robert Guiscard qui conquit la Sicile, & estoit un fort vaillant homme.
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