Bullbeggar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bullbeggar is a noun meaning A kind of goblin.
Meaning
A kind of goblin.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Something used or suggested to produce terror; a bugbear.
Example Sentences
1691, William Mountfort, Greenwich-Park And being an ill-looked fellow, he has a pension from the church wardens for being bullbeggar to all the froward children in the parish.
Word Forms
- bullbeggars
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scarebug, boggard, bogey, hobgoblin, scare-bug, bogglebo.
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