bois brûlé

American

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

noun

Canadian Older Use. Métis.

bois-brûlé British

/ ˌbwɑːbruːˈleɪ /

noun

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

Inflected Forms

noun

bois brûlés

plural

Etymology

Origin of bois brûlé

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

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