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haut·boy (hō′bo̵i′, ō′-)

noun

oboe

Etymology: Fr hautbois < haut, high (see haughty) + bois, wood < Frank *busk, forest: see bush

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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