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billetted

billetted is the simple past and past participle of billet.

Meaning of billet

Verb

billet (third-person singular simple present billets, present participle billeting or (rare) billetting, simple past and past participle billeted or (rare) billetted)

  1. (transitive) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
    • Billeted in so antiquated a mansion.1824, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], Tales of a Traveller, (please specify |part=1 to 4), Philadelphia, Pa.: H[enry] C[harles] Carey & I[saac] Lea, […], →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
  3. (transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.

See all 17 meanings of billet

Forms of billetted

alternative formbilleted

Questions about billetted

What is billetted the simple past and past participle of?
Billetted is the simple past and past participle of billet.

Words near billetted in the dictionary

  1. billetings
  2. billetless
  3. billets
  4. billets-doux
  5. Billett
  6. billetted
  7. billettee
  8. billettees
  9. billetting
  10. billettings
  11. Billetts

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