bawson
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Old French bauzan, bauçant, bauchant (“spotted with white, pied”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bawson (plural bawsons)
- (obsolete) A badger.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd:
- This fine Smooth bawson cub, the young grice of a gray.
- (obsolete) A large, unwieldy person.
- 1607, Anthony Brewer?, Lingua:
- Peace, you fat bawſon, peace
References[edit]
- “bawson”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.