BOULE


Meaning of BOULE in English

I. ˈbü-(ˌ)lē, bü-ˈlā noun

Etymology: Greek boulē, literally, will, from boulesthai to wish

Date: 1840

: a legislative council of ancient Greece consisting first of an aristocratic advisory body and later of a representative senate

II. ˈbül noun

Etymology: French, ball — more at bowl

Date: 1918

: a synthetically formed mass (as of sapphire) with the atomic structure of a single crystal

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