"être en butte" meaning in French

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  "etymology_text": "XVIth century. a butte was a mound upon which archery targets were placed for shooting practice, hence figuratively, to be there is to be exposed to danger.",
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          "english": "A Christian is the object of the most bitter torments",
          "ref": "1887 [1643], Pierre Corneille, Polyeucte martyr, Hachette, acte I, scène 1",
          "text": "Aux plus âpres tourments un chrétien est en butte.",
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          "english": "\"And so finally, tired of being the butt of jeers,\nHe resolved himself to exile",
          "ref": "1966, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Le grand chêne”",
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          "text": "Il advint que lassé d’être en butte aux lazzi,",
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          "roman": "In neighboring Puy-de-Dôme, on the other hand, a couple of beekeepers engaging mainly in online-sales was the target, last summer, of the hostility of very adamant locals against bee excrement, which they accuse of having soiled their laundry.",
          "text": "Dans le Puy-de-Dôme voisin, en revanche, un couple d’apiculteurs pratiquant surtout la vente en ligne a été en butte, l’été passé, à l’hostilité d’habitants très remontés contre les déjections d’abeilles, accusées de salir leur linge.",
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        "to be exposed to, be subject to, be the butt of"
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          "english": "A Christian is the object of the most bitter torments",
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          "english": "\"And so finally, tired of being the butt of jeers,\nHe resolved himself to exile",
          "ref": "1966, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Le grand chêne”",
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