"Buller" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Bullers [plural]
Etymology: Occupational surname for a scribe or copyist, from an agent derivative of Middle English bulle (“letter, document”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|bulle||letter, document}} Middle English bulle (“letter, document”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Buller (countable and uncountable, plural Bullers)
  1. A surname from Middle English. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Buller-en-name-Bz4-slhQ Disambiguation of People: 32 29 23 9 7 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (Oxford), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 25 19 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (Oxford): 41 24 15 11 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 24 25 21 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 25 22 22 17
  2. A river and gorge on the West Coast, New Zealand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nicknames, People Categories (place): Places in New Zealand, Rivers in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Buller-en-name-lZTtxyHw Disambiguation of Nicknames: 20 29 16 19 15 Disambiguation of People: 32 29 23 9 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 25 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 24 25 21 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 25 22 22 17
  3. A local government district in the same area of New Zealand. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): People Categories (place): Places in New Zealand
    Sense id: en-Buller-en-name-X3XtjlO7 Disambiguation of People: 32 29 23 9 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 25 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 24 25 21 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 25 22 22 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: the Buller [canonical]
Etymology: Clipping of Bullingdon + -er Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Bullingdon}} Clipping of Bullingdon, {{suffix|en||-er|id2=Oxford}} + -er Head templates: {{en-prop|head=the Buller}} the Buller
  1. (Oxford University slang, dated) The Bullingdon Club. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-Buller-en-name-DN~vWNB5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 25 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 24 25 21 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 25 22 22 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: Bullers [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of Bullingdon + -er Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Bullingdon}} Clipping of Bullingdon, {{suffix|en||-er|id2=Oxford}} + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} Buller (plural Bullers)
  1. (Oxford University slang, dated) A member of the Bullingdon Club. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Universities
    Sense id: en-Buller-en-noun-wIZ9fg4~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 25 19 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 24 25 21 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 25 22 22 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.