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Bully
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(of uncertain origin, but possibly connected with a Teutonic word seen in many compounds, as the Low Ger. bullerjaan, meaning "noisy"; the word has also, with less probability, been derived from the Dutch boel, and Ger. Buhle, a lover), originally a fine, swaggering fellow, as in "Bully Bottom" in A Midsummer Night's Dream, later an overbearing ruffian, especially a coward' who abuses his strength by illtreating the weak; more technically a souteneur, a man who lives on the earnings of a prostitute. The term in its early use of "fine" or "splendid" survives in American slang.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bully'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bully.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bully'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bully.html. 1910.
