Bugle meaning
An example of bugle is to blow on a short brass horn.
An example of a bugle is what is played on a military base to wake the trainees.
Origin of bugle
- Middle English wild ox, hunting horn made from the horn of a wild ox from Old French steer from Latin būculus diminutive of bōs ox gwou- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English from Old French from Late Latin būgula (perhaps influenced by būglōssa bugloss) from Latin būgillō
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Latin buculus (“young bull; ox; steer”).
From Wiktionary
- Late Latin bugulus (“a woman's ornament”).
From Wiktionary
- Old English
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