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burnous

burnous is the alternative spelling of burnoose.

burnous is the plural of burnou.

Meaning of burnoose

Noun

burnoose (plural burnooses)

  1. A thick hooded cloak worn by Berbers and Arabs in Northwest Africa.
    • “I caught only a glimpse of an Arab in a dark-blue burnoose and white turban,” replied Tarzan.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 91

Meaning of burnou

Noun

burnou (plural burnous)

  1. A cape with a hood made of wool, of Algerian origin, used as a baby garment, popular with French mothers from the early 20th century through the 1960s.

Forms of burnous

pluralburnouses

Questions about burnous

What is burnous the alternative spelling of?
Burnous is the alternative spelling of burnoose.

Words near burnous in the dictionary

  1. burnoose
  2. burnoosed
  3. burnooses
  4. Burnopfield
  5. burnou
  6. burnous
  7. burnouse
  8. burnouses
  9. burnout
  10. burnoutness
  11. burnouts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burnous (page history and authors); burnoose (page history and authors); burnou (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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