bordeller

Danish

Noun

bordeller n

1. indefinite plural of bordel

Middle English

Etymology

bordel +‎ -er

Noun

bordeller

1. a keeper or a frequenter of a brothel
   • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     Thaise out of his barge he hente,
     And to this bordeller hir solde.
     And he, that be hire body wolde Take

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References

• “bordeller”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bordell n

Noun

bordeller m or n

1. indefinite masculine plural of bordell
2. indefinite neuter plural of bordell

Swedish

Noun

bordeller

1. indefinite plural of bordell