unbillet

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verb

To remove (soldiers) from their lodgings in a private house.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbunbillet (third-person singular simple present unbillets, present participle unbilleting, simple past and past participle unbilleted)

present singular third person unbillets · participle present unbilleting · participle past unbilleted · past unbilleted

  1. transitiveTo remove (soldiers) from their lodgings in a private house.

    On Monday, April 14, morning, their answer and petition for unbilleting soldiers was delivered to his majesty by the speaker.

    1849, Robert Folkestone Williams, The Court and Times of Charles the First, page 345

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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbillet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbillet.

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