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bugre (1256)

[ FEW: 1,606a bulgarus; Gdf: ; GdfC: 8,337c bolgre; TL: 1,1099 bougre; DEAF:  bougre; DMF:  bougre 1; TLF:  bougre; OED:  bugger n.1 / bougre n.; MED:  bougre n.; DMLBS: 223b Bulgarus ]
bougre,  bucre  9248 (Y)  

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1demonymBulgar
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  Symeon, roi dé Bugres  266.10
2heresytheol.heretic
( 1256; MS: c.1300 )  Li bougres e li mescreanz [...] A Belzebuc et a Plutun Firent sacrifise e dun  183
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  herite est e bugre dreit  9248
( 1283 )  jo (=Archbishop of Canterbury) maund verité loyal, e si nul vous fet autre chose entendre, il est bugre  ii 619
3sodomite
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  Sy jo ne voys [delés les femmes]. C’est un bugres  47.9
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