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botes

botes is the plural of bote.

Meaning of bote

Noun

bote (countable and uncountable, plural botes)

  1. (historical) Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
  2. (historical) A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
  3. (historical) A right to take wood from property not one's own.

Questions about botes

What is botes the plural of?
Botes is the plural of bote.

Words near botes in the dictionary

  1. boterol
  2. boteroll
  3. boterolls
  4. boterols
  5. Boteros
  6. botes
  7. botete
  8. botetes
  9. Botetourt County
  10. Botevgrad
  11. Botez

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Adapted from Wiktionary: botes (page history and authors); bote (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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