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brulé
1or bru·lée
[ broo-ley, broo-lee; French bry-ley ]
noun
, plural bru·lés [broo-, leyz, broo, -leez, b, r, y, -, ley].
- (in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
- Canadian. land covered with rocks or scrub growth.
Brulé
2[ broo-ley ]
noun
, plural Bru·lés, (especially collectively) Bru·lé.
- a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota.
Brule
/ bruːˈleɪ /
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Example Sentences
There is a lightness of touch, a real sense of fun, as if the private eye, Cayetano Brulé, is on tip-toes.
From The Daily Beast
The interior of the cabin was neat and clean, differing markedly in this respect from many of the bois brulé dwellings.
From Project Gutenberg
That afternoon we rounded Point Brulé, a high, bold cliff of sandstone with three "lop-sticks" upon its top.
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He had simply knifed in self-defence a beggarly Brulé who quarrelled with him over a girl.
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A curious device to differentiate proper names was observed as resorted to by a Brulé Dakota.
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They call him a bois brulé, but he looks just like an Indian.
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