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bouget

/ˈbuːdʒɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bouget
IPA
/ˈbuːdʒɪt/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of budget (“purse, bag; etc”).

Obsolete

noun

A charge resembling a yoke and a pair of the water bags that were formerly used to supply an army in battle.

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Etymology

The heraldic sense derives from an older spelling and meaning of budget, "small bag" (compare Middle English bouget, bowgett (“a leather bag or wallet”)), from Middle French bougette (“little pouch”).

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Inflected Forms

bougets (plural) bowget (alternative)

Synonyms

water-bouget

Questions

How do you pronounce bouget?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbuːdʒɪt/.
What does bouget mean?
Obsolete form of budget (“purse, bag; etc”).
Where does bouget come from?
It is traced to Middle French.

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