bois brûlé

[ bwah broo-ley; French bwah bry-ley ]

noun

, plural bois brû·lés [bwah, broo-, leyz, bwah b, r, y, -, ley].

1. Canadian Older Use. Métis ( def 1 ).

bois-brûlé

/ ˌbwɑːbruːˈleɪ /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bois brûlé¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bois brûlé¹

French, literally: burnt wood

Example Sentences

Just then a piece of white, newly-tanned deerskin was hoisted up in the center of the bois brule encampment.

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The Bois Brule and Ami, as he called the bear, soon became necessary to one another.

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A dog-team and a bois-brule bring them, and then I am alone as before.

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The Bois Brule was treated with kindness and honor, and the tribe gave him a wife.

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