bugre

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bougre (“sodomite”), from the colloquial pronunciation of Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”). Doublet of búlgaro.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: bu‧gre

Noun

bugre m or f by sense (plural bugres, feminine bugre or bugra, feminine plural bugres or bugras)

  1. (Brazil, ethnic slur, dated) savage (derogatory term for a Native American)
    Synonym: selvagem
    • 1905 March 12, “Expedição contra os bugres”, in Novidades‎, number 41, Itajaí, column 2:
      Em nosso numero passado, demos um telegramma noticiando ter chegado, de volta a Brusque, a turma de batedores que seguira d'alli no dia 3 de Fevereiro, trazendo flechas, arcos, outros objectos e um pequeno bugre.
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  2. (South Brazil, archaic, now viewed as an ethnic slur) Kaingang (member of the Kaingang people)
    Synonym: caingangue
  3. (Rio Grande do Sul, may be derogatory) Any indigenous person of the Americas.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Hunsrik: Buker

Adjective

bugre m or f (plural bugres)

  1. (Brazil, ethnic slur, dated) savage
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