Meaning of bootie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of bootee.
   alt-of, alternative
2. A soldier.
   UK, obsolete, slang

Examples

“A Sea Soldier is certaine of victuals and wages, where the Land Soldiers pay will hardly find him sustenance. A Sea Soldier may now and than chaunce to haue a snapp at a bootie or a price, which may in an instant make him a fortune […]”

“[…] and buried where he fell, was disinterred by a 'Bootie' who wanted to photograph him for his album.”

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