"buffet" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /buˈfɛt/, /ˈbufɛt/ Forms: buffettes [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French bufet, buffet, diminutive of buffe. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|blow}}, {{bor+|enm|fro|bufet}} Borrowed from Old French bufet Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} buffet, {{enm-noun|buffettes}} buffet (plural buffettes)
  1. A buffet (strike or blow, especially with one's hand). Synonyms: boffat, boffet, bofett Related terms: buffeten
    Sense id: en-buffet-enm-noun-j5gbrIF1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /buˈfɛt/, /ˈbufɛt/
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French bufet (“side table”), from Old French bufet, of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|stool}}, {{bor+|enm|frm|bufet|t=side table}} Borrowed from Middle French bufet (“side table”), {{der|enm|fro|bufet}} Old French bufet Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} buffet
  1. (Late Middle English) stool Tags: Late-Middle-English Categories (topical): Furniture, Violence Synonyms: bofet, buffett, buffit
    Sense id: en-buffet-enm-noun-sEywn6v- Disambiguation of Furniture: 10 90 Disambiguation of Violence: 23 77 Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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