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Butes

Butes is the plural of Bute.

Meaning of Bute

Proper noun (1)

Bute

  1. Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries
  2. An island in the Firth of Clyde, and part of Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
  3. A former county of Scotland, comprising the islands of Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes, also called Buteshire and Bute and Arran
  4. A Scottish marquisate.

Proper noun (2)

Bute (plural Butes)

  1. A surname.

See all 6 meanings of bute

Questions about Butes

What is Butes the plural of?
Butes is the plural of Bute.

Words near Butes in the dictionary

  1. Buteras
  2. Buterbaugh
  3. Buterbaughs
  4. Buterin
  5. buterol
  6. Butes
  7. Buteshire
  8. butethal
  9. butethamine
  10. Butetown
  11. Buteyko method

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Butes (page history and authors); Bute (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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