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bugle(1) (iou)



bugle noun1. ME.
[Old French from Latin buculus dim. of bos ox.]
a. A buffalo or wild ox. ME-L17.
b. A young bull. dial. L19.
In full bugle-horn. Orig., a horn of a wild ox etc. used to give signals in hunting. Now, a brass instrument like a small trumpet similarly used or for giving military signals, or (US) in marching bands. ME.
key-bugle: see KEY noun1.
bugler noun a person who plays a bugle; spec. a soldier who signals orders on a bugle: M19.
buglet noun a small bugle E19.