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Definition of extraordinaire adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

extraordinaire

adjective

NAmE//ɪkˌstrɔrdnˈɛr//

(from French) (approving) (often humorous)

used after nouns to say that someone is a good example of a particular kind of person Houdini, escape artist extraordinaire

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