n.
Pronunciation: ' b ə -g ə r, ' bu ̇ -g ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English bougre heretic, from Anglo-French bugre, from Medieval Latin Bulgarus, literally, Bulgarian; from the association of Bulgaria with the Bogomils, who were accused of sodomy
Date: 1555
1 : SODOMITE
2 a : a worthless person : RASCAL b : FELLOW , CHAP
3 : a small or annoying thing <put down my keys and now I can't find the bugger s >