Etymology

Bullis

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Today it means: A surname from Middle English. Full definition →

Middle English bulehus
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  1. Middle English · derived frombulehus“bull house”
  2. English todayBullis

Probably a metonymic occupational surname for someone employed in a cattle shed, from a reduced form of Middle English bulehus (“bull house”).

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