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Webster 1913 Edition


Bugger

Bug′ger

,
Noun.
[F.
bougre
, fr. LL.
Bulgarus
, a Bulgarian, and also a heretic; because the inhabitants of Bulgaria were infected with heresy. Those guilty of the crime of buggery were called
heretics
, because in the eyes of their adversaries there was nothing more heinous than heresy, and it was therefore thought that the origin of such a vice could only be owing to heretics.]
1.
One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.
2.
A wretch; – sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement.
[Low]

Webster 1828 Edition


Bugger

BUG'GER

,
Noun.
One guilty of the crime against nature. A vile wretch; a term of reproach.