billeter

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noun

One who billets (lodges a soldier).

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Meanings

nounbilleter (plural billeters)

plural billeters

  1. One who billets (lodges a soldier).

    […] soldiers complain of being billeted in the houses of such poor people as are not able to provide for them; and the billeters complain that the soldier is not content with the provision made for him, […]

    1858, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of State Papers: Domestic Series, page 561

Origin

From billet + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

rebillet
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APA

billeter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billeter

MLA

“billeter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billeter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “billeter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/billeter.

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