The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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(BET NWAHR) Something or someone a person views with particular dislike: The new candidate for governor is the bête noire of all the liberals in the state. From French, meaning black beast. | 1 |
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| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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