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budgerow

Meaning of "budgerow" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUDGEROW

ˈbʌdʒəˌrəʊ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUDGEROW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Budgerow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUDGEROW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Budgerow

Budgerows were 'large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boats, used for journeys on the Ganges'. The term is an Anglicisation of the Hindi word bajrā.

Definition of budgerow in the English dictionary

The definition of budgerow in the dictionary is a large slow-moving barge formerly used on the Ganges.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUDGEROW

back-row · bigarreau · checkrow · cicero · Comoro · cornrow · fencerow · guacharo · hedgerow · McEnroe · navarho · piffero · Sapporo · second-row · vigoro · windrow

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUDGEROW

budge · budger · budgeree · budgerigar · budget · budget account · budget day · budget deficit · budget for · budget heading · budget period · budget plan · budget speech · budget surplus · budgetary · budgetary control · budgetary deficit · budgetary year · budgeteer · budgeter

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUDGEROW

barrow · borrow · brow · crow · escrow · eyebrow · front row · grow · in a row · marrow · morrow · narrow · Paltrow · raise an eyebrow · row · serow · sorrow · sparrow · throw · tomorrow

Synonyms and antonyms of budgerow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «budgerow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUDGEROW

Find out the translation of budgerow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of budgerow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «budgerow» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

budgerow
1,325 millions of speakers
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budgerow
570 millions of speakers
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English

budgerow
510 millions of speakers
hi

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budgerow
380 millions of speakers
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budgerow
280 millions of speakers
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budgerow
278 millions of speakers
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budgerow
270 millions of speakers
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budgerow
260 millions of speakers
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budgerow
220 millions of speakers
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Budgerow
190 millions of speakers
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budgerow
180 millions of speakers
ja

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budgerow
130 millions of speakers
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budgerow
85 millions of speakers
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Budgerow
85 millions of speakers
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budgerow
80 millions of speakers
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budgerow
75 millions of speakers
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बड्रेरोओ
75 millions of speakers
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budgerow
70 millions of speakers
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budgerow
65 millions of speakers
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budgerow
50 millions of speakers
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budgerow
40 millions of speakers
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budgerow
30 millions of speakers
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budgerow
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

budgerow
14 millions of speakers
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budgerow
10 millions of speakers
no

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budgerow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of budgerow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUDGEROW»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about budgerow

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUDGEROW»

Discover the use of budgerow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to budgerow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Selections from unpublished records of government for the ...
On the 11th Bhaudan whilst the Boats were at Kerma in Soonder- bund a little before day-break, Captain Ross arose and ordered the Manjee to put off with the Budgerow. Returning to the great Budgerow the Dandies pushed him into the ...
James Long, 1869
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Selections from Calcutta gazettes of the years 1784 (-1823) ...
Calcutta gazette Walter Scott Seton- Karr, H D Sandeman. As the budgerow neared the Pilot, Mr. Shouldham observed a man and woman, both very well dressed, seated in chairs on the top of the budgerow ; the woman had a young child at ...
Calcutta gazette, Walter Scott Seton- Karr, H D Sandeman, 1865
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Selections from Calcutta gazettes of the years 1784 [-1823 ...
As the budgerow neared the Pilot, Mr. Shouldham observed a man and woman, both very well dressed, seated in chairs on the top of the budgerow ; the woman had a young child at the time in her arms ; when they were within hail, they ...
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Selections from Calcutta Gazettes: Showing the Political and ...
As the budgerow neared the Pilot, Mr. Shouldham observed a man and woman, both very well dressed, seated in chairs on the top of the budgerow ; the woman had a young child at the time in her arms ; when they were within hail, they ...
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Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the years ...
As the budgerow neared the Pilot, Mr. Shouldham observed a man and woman, both very well dressed, seated in chairs on the top of the budgerow ; the woman had a young child at the time in her arms; when they were within hail, they ...
W. S. Seton-Karr, 1865
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Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words ...
BUDGEROW, s. A lumbering keelless lxirge, formerly much used by Europeans travelling on the Gan- getic rivers. Two-thirds of the length aft was occupied by cabins with Venetian windows. Wilson gives the word as H. and B. bajra; ...
Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke, 1903
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Colburn's New Monthly Magazine
the case, and said that the young man who was now laid up in his budgerow, with a jungle fever, had a short time before left Calcutta, and that there was a most interesting-looking young lady in the budgerow also, but he was almost certain ...
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THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE
the case, and said that the young man who was now laid up in his budgerow, with a jungle fever, had a short time before left Calcutta,, and that there was a most interesting-looking young lady in the budgerow also, but he was almost certain ...
WILLIAM FRANCIS AINSWORTH, 1873
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The Oriental Herald and Colonial Review. - London, ...
Yesterday, at six o'clock in the evening, and but a few minutes after our. budgerow had been secured to the bank in the usual manner, asudden change of the wind. which commenced with prodigious violence, and a heavy fall of rain, with ...
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The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature
Yesterday, at six o'clock in the evening, and but s few minutes after our budgerow had been secured to the bank in the usual manner, a sudden change of the wind, which commenced with prodigious violence, and a heavy fall of rain, with ...

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUDGEROW»

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Amitav Ghosh: Thunder From The East
... (properly mistry, or craftsman) on a pleasure-boat or 'budgerow' owned by the wealthy opium trader Burnham. Seduced by Burnham's wife (a ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»
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12 truths about Amitav Ghosh
... remember Mrs Burnham (a character in the trilogy) using anglicised Hindi sexual innuendos or the word budgerow (a type of river boat)? 3. «Bangalore Mirror, Jun 15»
3
We Indians are the last of the Victorians: Ghosh | Bangalore NYOOOZ
They stumble when they come across words like `baborchee-khana` (kitchen) and `budgerow` (a river boat). But most of the time, the context ... «NYOOOZ, Jun 15»
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Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh review – the final instalment of an …
At the beginning of Flood of Fire, Zachary finds himself paying off some debts by working as a “mystery” (craftsman) on a “budgerow” (a type of ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Varanasi re-floats its pleasure boats
A bajra (the English called it budgerow) is a large boat with a cabin that runs the length of the boat. Atop this is an open deck on which ... «Times of India, Nov 14»
REFERENCE
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