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bulchin

bulchin noun: a little bull; a bull calf.

Noun

bulchin (plural bulchins)

  1. (obsolete) A little bull; a bull calf.
    • And better yet than this, a bulchin two years old1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion
    • Wouldſt thou not haue ſome Bulchin from the herd / To phyſicke thee of this venereall itch?1637, Tho[mas] Heywood, “Ivpiter and Io”, in Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma’s, Selected out of Lucian, Erasmus, Textor, Ovid, &c. […], London: […] R. O[ulton] for R. H[earne], and are to be sold by...

Forms of bulchin

pluralbulchins
alternative formbullkin

Origin of bulchin

Inherited from Middle English bulchyn, either from Middle Dutch *bollekin, diminutive of bolle (“bull”), or Old English *bulċen, diminutive of bula (“bull”). More at bull, -kin.

Questions about bulchin

What does bulchin mean?
Bulchin means a little bull; a bull calf.
What part of speech is bulchin?
Bulchin is a noun.
What is the plural of bulchin?
The plural of bulchin is bulchins.

Words near bulchin in the dictionary

  1. bulbus cordis
  2. bulbus glandis
  3. bulbus oculi
  4. bulby
  5. Bulcamp
  6. bulchin
  7. bulchins
  8. Buldah
  9. buldak
  10. bulder
  11. buldering

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