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unbillet

unbillet verb: to remove (soldiers) from their lodgings in a private house.

Verb

unbillet (third-person singular simple present unbillets, present participle unbilleting, simple past and past participle unbilleted)

  1. (transitive) To remove (soldiers) from their lodgings in a private house.
    • On Monday, April 14, morning, their answer and petition for unbilleting soldiers was delivered to his majesty by the speaker.1849, Robert Folkestone Williams, The Court and Times of Charles the First, page 345

Forms of unbillet

third-person singular presentunbillets
present participleunbilleting
past participleunbilleted
pastunbilleted

Origin of unbillet

un- + billet

Questions about unbillet

What does unbillet mean?
Unbillet means to remove (soldiers) from their lodgings in a private house.
What part of speech is unbillet?
Unbillet is a verb.
What is the past tense of unbillet?
The past tense of unbillet is unbilleted.

Words near unbillet in the dictionary

  1. unbigoted
  2. unbihexium
  3. unbilious
  4. unbillable
  5. unbilled
  6. unbillet
  7. unbilleted
  8. unbilleting
  9. unbillets
  10. unbin
  11. unbind

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