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  • 81bourguignon — /boor geen yun /; Fr. /boohrdd gee nyawonn /, n. French Cookery. Burgundy (def. 7). [1915 20; < F, masc. adj.: of Burgundy] * * * …

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  • 82Bourguignonne — /boor geen yawn , yohn , yun /; Fr. /boohrdd gee nyawn /, n. Burgundy (def. 5). Also called Bourguignonne sauce. [1915 20; < F, fem. of BOURGUIGNON] * * * …

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  • 83bourkha — /boor keuh/, n. burka. * * * …

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  • 84Bournonville — /boor neuhn vil /; Fr. /boohrdd nawonn veel /, n. Auguste Fr. /oh gyuust /, 1805 79, Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. * * * …

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  • 85bourtree — /boor tree /, n. See European elder. [1400 50; late ME burtre, equiv. to bur (of uncert. orig.) + tre TREE] * * * …

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  • 86Burakumin — /boor euh kooh min/, n.pl. (in Japan) the members of a large social minority who have traditionally been considered outcasts. [1965 70; < Japn, equiv. to buraku settlement, ghetto ( < MChin, equiv. to Chin bùlùo (or bùlào) settlement, village) +&#8230; …

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  • 87burga — /boor geuh/, n. burka. * * * …

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  • 88Buri — /boor ee/, n. Scand. Myth. the first of the gods, revealed when the cow Audhumla licked away the salty ice that covered him. [ < ON, prob. deriv. of bera to BEAR1] * * * …

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  • 89burka — /boor keuh/, n. a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women. Also, bourkha, burkha, burga. [1830 40; < Urdu burga < dial. Ar burqa ] * * * …

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  • 90Burushaski — /boor euh shah skee/, n. a language of NW Kashmir, not known to be related to any other language. * * * …

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