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• bois brûlé
  bois brûlé

  noun

  Métis.
• bois-brûlé
  bois-brûlé

  noun

  (sometimes capital) a mixed-race person of Canadian Indian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry; Métis

bois brûlé

American  

[bwah broo-ley, bwah bry-ley] / ˈbwɑ bruˈleɪ, bwɑ brüˈleɪ /

noun

bois brûlés plural

1. Canadian Older Use. Métis.

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bois-brûlé British  

/ ˌbwɑːbruːˈleɪ /

noun

1. Also called: Brule.  archaic (sometimes capital) a mixed-race person of Canadian Indian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry; Métis

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bois brûlés
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bois brûlé

First recorded in 1800–10; from French: literally, “burnt wood”