Definition of Bustiers

1. Noun. (plural of bustier) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bustiers

1. bustier [n] - See also: bustier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bustiers

bustaurants
busted
busted flush
busted flushes
bustee
bustees
buster
busters
bustic
busticate
busticated
busticates
busticating
bustics
bustier
bustiers (current term)
bustiest
bustin'
bustiness
bustinesses
busting
bustings
bustitution
bustitutions
bustle
bustle about
bustle with
bustled
bustled with
bustler

Literary usage of Bustiers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1909)
"The Hollanders called them " Zee Rovers" ; the French and Spanish "Fili-bustiers," the English, "Adventurers" or " Free-booters." The sack of Panama by the ..."

2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1816)
"In the volume before us, more than the half of the contents is applied to the history of the Buccaneers and Fle- bustiers. These partisans originated in ..."

3. Recent Centralizing Tendencies in State Educational Administration by William Clarence Webster (1896)
"... the governors of the West India islands'—a measure which was most oppressive to the fli- bustiers, with whom the governors had usually been in league. ..."

4. Sketches of the Campaign in Northern Mexico: In Eighteen Hundred Forty-six by Luther] [Giddings (1853)
"... been justly denounced as "the vicious relic of a barbarous age," and is fostered by a spirit but little better than that of the old Fli- bustiers of ..."

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