bougre

From Old French bogre (“heretic”) (1172), also bogresse (“person who indulges in unnatural debauchery”) (1260), from the colloquial or vulgar pronunciation of Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”). Doublet of bulgare and boug.

• IPA^(key): /buɡʁ/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [buɡ], [bʊɡ]

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bougre m (plural bougres)

1. (colloquial, Louisiana) chap, guy

   Synonyms: gars, mec

2. wretch (miserable, luckless person)
3. imbecile; idiot (general pejorative)
4. (dated) sodomite, bugger, homosexual
5. (invariable, followed by 'de') bloody (intensifier)

• bougrement
• bougresse
• bougrerie

• → English: bugger
• Karipúna Creole French: bug
• Portuguese: bugre

• “bougre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

• bouger