bourder
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English bourdour, from Old French bordeor, bourdour; equivalent to bourd -er.
Noun
[edit]bourder (plural bourders)
References
[edit]- “bourder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Gallo
[edit]Etymology
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Verb
[edit]bourder
- to get bogged down, stuck, be unable to move forward
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]bourder
- Alternative form of bourdour
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- cowardly and felonsly they slew sir Dynadan, whyche was a grete dammage, for he was a grete bourder and a passynge good knyght
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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