bourder
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English bourdour, from From Old French bordeor, bourdour; equivalent to bourd + -er.
Noun edit
bourder (plural bourders)
References edit
- “bourder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Verb edit
bourder
- to get bogged down, stuck, be unable to move forward
Middle English edit
Noun edit
bourder
- Alternative form of bourdour
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
- cowardly and felonsly they slew sir Dynadan, whyche was a grete dammage, for he was a grete bourder and a passynge good knyght
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