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bullumteer

bullumteer noun: a volunteer of certain regiments of the old Bengal Army.

Noun

bullumteer (plural bullumteers)

  1. (India, obsolete, slang) A volunteer of certain regiments of the old Bengal Army.
    • The colonel now addressed me, […] adding, "I hope we shall send you to your regiment up the country quite a proficient, and calculated to reflect credit on your instructors in the Zubberdust Bullumteers."1880, Francis John Bellew, Memoirs of a Griffin; Or, A Cadet's First Year in India, page 202
    • We were all bullumteers on the Canal works.1888, Rudyard Kipling, His Brother’s Keeper

Forms of bullumteer

pluralbullumteers

Origin of bullumteer

From volunteer, as pronounced by sepoys.

Questions about bullumteer

What does bullumteer mean?
Bullumteer means a volunteer of certain regiments of the old Bengal Army.
What part of speech is bullumteer?
Bullumteer is a noun.
What is the plural of bullumteer?
The plural of bullumteer is bullumteers.

Words near bullumteer in the dictionary

  1. bulltraps
  2. Bullucan
  3. Bulluck
  4. Bullucks
  5. bullulate
  6. bullumteer
  7. bullumteers
  8. Bullumwaal
  9. bullvalene
  10. bullvalenes
  11. bullvalone

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