Billy Bunter

proper noun

A fictional fat boy with round spectacles in Charles Hamilton's stories set at Greyfriars School.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A fictional fat boy with round spectacles in Charles Hamilton's stories set at Greyfriars School.

    He looked up through his thick Billy Bunter spectacles and seeing a young man standing behind Laura handed him his empty plate […]

    1989, Piers Paul Read, A Season in the West
    1 more example

    Actually he wasn't too bad except he had a green army style hat on, which made him look completely ridiculous; a bit like Billy Bunter in the army.

    2005, Jon Carter, South American Detox
nounBilly Bunter (plural Billy Bunters)

plural Billy Bunters

  1. UKA fat boy.
  2. CockneyslangA punter (in a betting shop etc.).
Cite this entry
APA

Billy Bunter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Billy%20Bunter

MLA

“Billy Bunter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Billy%20Bunter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Billy Bunter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Billy%20Bunter.

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