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Bon·heur

 (bô-nŭr′, -nœr′), Rosa 1822-1899.
French artist best known for her lively depictions of animals, as in her monumental painting The Horse Fair (1855).
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Bonheur

(French bɔnœr)
n
(Biography) Rosa (roza). 1822–99, French painter of animals
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Bon•heur

(bɒˈnɜr)

n.
Rosa (Maria Rosalie Bonheur), 1822–99, French painter.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bonheur - (French) happiness and good humor
happiness - emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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The idea lui a porte bonheur; the shop does a very good business.
Il y va du bonheur et de l'existence d'Anne et de ses enfants.
Archer rose with a murmur of readiness, and she seated herself at old Catherine's rosewood "Bonheur du Jour," and wrote out the message in her large immature hand.
He arose in a terrible passion, slouched his funnel down over his eyes, swore a vast oath, uttered a threat of some character which I did not precisely comprehend, and finally made me a low bow and departed, wishing me, in the language of the archbishop in Gil-Blas, "beaucoup de bonheur et un peu plus de bon sens."
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