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bulvan

bulvan noun: a brute.

Noun

bulvan (plural bulvans)

  1. (slang) A brute.
    • Johnson there is old, but he is built like a bulvan! Under the boards, who would fight with him?1966, Jay Neugeboren, Big Man, page 56
    • It wasn't too late to get away, he could twist clear of the door or fall down in the gutter where he was, even a bulvan like Biggy—it was Biggy he saw over his shoulder—wouldn't shoot him in the street, not in Carbonport.2010, Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule

Forms of bulvan

pluralbulvans

Questions about bulvan

What does bulvan mean?
Bulvan means a brute.
What part of speech is bulvan?
Bulvan is a noun.
What is the plural of bulvan?
The plural of bulvan is bulvans.

Words near bulvan in the dictionary

  1. Bulungkol
  2. Bulus
  3. Bulusan
  4. Bulusu
  5. Bulusus
  6. bulvan
  7. Bulverhythe
  8. Bulverism
  9. Bulverist
  10. Bulverists
  11. Bulverize

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