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budlee

budlee noun: a substitute in public or domestic service.

Noun

budlee (plural budlees)

  1. (India, obsolete) A substitute in public or domestic service.
    • […] he had thought it prudent to send a "budlee" to be shot in his place.1881, Sir John William Kaye, A History of the Sepoy War in India: 1857-1858, page 631

Forms of budlee

pluralbudlees

Origin of budlee

Borrowed from Hindustani बदली (badlī) / بَدلِی (badlī).

Questions about budlee

What does budlee mean?
Budlee means a substitute in public or domestic service.
What part of speech is budlee?
Budlee is a noun.
What is the plural of budlee?
The plural of budlee is budlees.

Words near budlee in the dictionary

  1. budju
  2. budjus
  3. Budke
  4. Budkes
  5. Budla-an
  6. budlee
  7. budlees
  8. Budleigh Salterton
  9. budless
  10. budlessness
  11. budlet

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