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Bute

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    An island in the Firth of Clyde, and part of Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
  4. 4
    A former county of Scotland, comprising the islands of Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes, also called Buteshire and Bute and Arran
  5. 5
    A Scottish marquisate.
Noun
  1. 1
    Phenylbutazone. informal, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From its middle syllable.

Etymology 2

Perhaps a variant of Butt.

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