Definition of Bordel

1. n. A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.

Definition of Bordel

1. Noun. (rare) A brothel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bordel

1. a brothel [n -S] - See also: brothel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bordel

borazons
borborigmus
borborygm
borborygmi
borborygmic
borborygms
borborygmus
borcarite
bord
bord service
bordage
bordages
bordar
bordars
borde
bordelaise
bordello
bordellos
bordels
border
border cells
border district
border molding
border movements
border of uterus
border on
border patrol

Literary usage of Bordel

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

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"It was originally quite distinct from ME bordel ( = Ital. bordello). ß ... Chaucer has bordel in his Persones Tale (see Richardson), and Wyclif even has ..."

2. Observations Upon the Poems of Thomas Rowley: In which the Authenticity of by Jacob Bryant (1781)
"The term bord, from whence bordel was :de- rived, occurs in the poem of William and the Werwolf more than once : and i* foft ..."

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