bois brûlé

[ bwahbroo-ley; French bwah bry-ley ]

noun,plural bois brû·lés [bwahbroo-leyz; French bwah bry-ley]. /ˈbwɑ bruˈleɪz; French bwɑ brüˈleɪ/.
  1. Canadian Older Use. Métis (def. 1).

Origin of bois brûlé

1
First recorded in 1800–10; from French: literally, “burnt wood”

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British Dictionary definitions for bois-brûlé

bois-brûlé

/ (ˌbwɑːbruːˈleɪ) /


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

Origin of bois-brûlé

1
French, literally: burnt wood

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