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bespurred

bespurred adjective: wearing or having spurs.

Adjective

bespurred (not comparable)

  1. Wearing or having spurs.
    • Esperonné: m. ée: f. Spurred; alſo, beſpurred, hauing ſpurres on his heeles.1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Iſlip
    • Well, the procession moved on, and, as I got under the canopy, berobed, bemitred, besceptered, and bespurred, I caught a glimpse of Miss Fellows, the herb-woman, who, with six devilish handsome girls, were strewing rosemary and tansy on the blue broadcloth from Manchester;1821 July 19, George, Vermont Republican and American Yeoman, volume XIII, number 43, Windsor, Vt.: Simeon Ide, published 8 October 1821
    Synonyms:
    spurred

Synonyms of bespurred

Forms of bespurred

alternative formbe-spurred

Origin of bespurred

From be- + spur + -ed.

Questions about bespurred

What does bespurred mean?
Bespurred means wearing or having spurs.
What part of speech is bespurred?
Bespurred is an adjective.

Words near bespurred in the dictionary

  1. besprinkler
  2. besprinklers
  3. besprinkles
  4. besprinkling
  5. bespue
  6. bespurred
  7. bespurt
  8. bespurted
  9. bespurting
  10. bespurts
  11. bespy

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