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budlees

budlees is the plural of budlee.

Meaning of budlee

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

Questions about budlees

What is budlees the plural of?
Budlees is the plural of budlee.

Words near budlees in the dictionary

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

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