Obs. rare. [a. F. bougre, OF. boulgre a ‘Bulgarian,’ a heretic:—late L. Bulgarus an inhabitant of Bulgaria.] A heretic.
1340. Ayenb., 19. He … ne belefþ þet he ssolde, ase deþ þe bougre and þe heretike. Ibid., 134. Vor þet byeþ þe bougres and þe heretiks proude uorlore.
