Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bull moose

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

Syllables: bul-l -moose
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Progressive Party (United States, 1912), an American political party formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt after a split in the Republican Party.

name

A township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after the Bull Moose Party.

Etymology

Journalists quoted Roosevelt saying "I feel like a bull moose" shortly after the new party was formed.

Inflected Forms

Bull Mooses (plural) Bull Mooser (alternative)

Questions

What does bull moose mean?: A member of the Progressive Party (United States, 1912), an American political party formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt after a split in the Republican Party.
Where does bull moose come from?: Journalists quoted Roosevelt saying "I feel like a bull moose" shortly after the new party was formed.

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