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bru⋅lé

  [broo-ley, broo-lee; Fr. bry-ley]
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–noun, plural -lés  [-leyz, -leez; Fr. -ley] .
1. (in the Pacific Northwest) an area of forest destroyed by fire.
2. Canadian. land covered with rocks or scrub growth.
Also, bru⋅lée.

Origin:
1785–95, Americanism; < F: burnt, ptp. of brûler; see broil 1
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Bru⋅lé

  [broo-ley]
–noun, plural -lés, (especially collectively) -lé.
a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Teton branch of the Dakota.
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Bru·lé   (brōō-lā')   
n.   pl. Brulé or Bru·lés

  1. A Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Teton Sioux, inhabiting northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakota.

  2. A member of this people.


[French brûlé, burnt (partial translation of their own name for themselves).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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