brulé

or bru·lée

[ broo-ley, broo-lee; French bry-ley ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural bru·lés [broo-, leyz, broo, -leez, b, r, y, -, ley].

Brulé

[ broo-ley ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

, 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 /

Origin of brulé¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; from French: literally, “burnt,” past participle of brûler; broil ¹

There is a lightness of touch, a real sense of fun, as if the private eye, Cayetano Brulé, is on tip-toes.

The interior of the cabin was neat and clean, differing markedly in this respect from many of the bois brulé dwellings.

That afternoon we rounded Point Brulé, a high, bold cliff of sandstone with three "lop-sticks" upon its top.

He had simply knifed in self-defence a beggarly Brulé who quarrelled with him over a girl.

A curious device to differentiate proper names was observed as resorted to by a Brulé Dakota.

They call him a bois brulé, but he looks just like an Indian.

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