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French
Etymology
From Old French bogre (“heretic”) (1172), also bogresse (“person who indulges in unnatural debauchery”) (1260), from the colloquial or vulgar pronunciation of Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”). Doublet of bulgare and boug.
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Noun
bougre m (plural bougres)
- (colloquial, Louisiana) chap, guy
- Synonyms: gars, mec
- wretch (miserable, luckless person)
- imbecile; idiot (general pejorative)
- (dated) sodomite, bugger, homosexual
- (invariable, followed by 'de') bloody (intensifier)
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