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Bullis

Bullis proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Bullis (plural Bullises)

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Forms of Bullis

pluralBullises

Origin of Bullis

Probably a metonymic occupational surname for someone employed in a cattle shed, from a reduced form of Middle English bulehus (“bull house”).

Questions about Bullis

What does Bullis mean?
Bullis means a surname from Middle English.
What part of speech is Bullis?
Bullis is a proper noun.

Words near Bullis in the dictionary

  1. bullions
  2. bullirag
  3. bulliragged
  4. bulliragging
  5. bullirags
  6. Bullis
  7. Bullises
  8. bullish
  9. bullishly
  10. bullishness
  11. Bullism

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