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billet

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noun (1)

bil·​let ˈbi-lət How to pronounce billet (audio)
1
archaic : a brief letter : note
2
a
: an official order directing that a member of a military force be provided with board and lodging (as in a private home)
b
: quarters assigned by or as if by a billet
3
: position, job
a lucrative billet

billet

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verb

billeted; billeting; billets

transitive verb

1
: to assign lodging to (someone, such as a soldier) by or as if by a billet
2
: to serve with a billet
billet a householder

billet

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noun (2)

1
a
: a chunky piece of wood (as for firewood)
b
obsolete : cudgel
2
a
: a bar of metal
b
: a piece of semifinished iron or steel nearly square in section made by rolling an ingot or bloom
c
: a section of nonferrous metal ingot hot-worked by forging, rolling, or extrusion
d
: a nonferrous casting suitable for rolling or extrusion

Example Sentences

Verb every colonial household was expected to billet a British soldier

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billette, diminutive of bille bill

Noun (2)

Middle English bylet, from Anglo-French billete, diminutive of bille log, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bile landmark tree

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of billet was in the 15th century

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