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Definition of Billie
1. Proper noun. (given name female from=Germanic) derived from Bill, the diminutive of William. ¹
2. Proper noun. A nickname for Belinda. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Billie
1. a comrade [n -S] - See also: comrade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Billie
Literary usage of Billie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"S. To thee, lo-Jd Nith t billie, -y [a brother ; a young fellow ... To every
fiddling, rhyming billie, Ep. to Major Logan. /. Our billie's gien us a' a jink ..."
2. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"SEVEN years have I loved my love, And seven years my love's loved me, But now
to-morrow is the day That billie Archie, my love, must die. ..."
3. Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction and Notes by William Motherwell (1846)
"... billie ARCHIE. A North Country version of a popular Border Ballad " SEVEN
years have I loved my love, And seven years my love 's loved me ; But now ..."
4. Neighbours of Field, Wood, and Stream: Or, Through the Year with Nature's by Morton Grinnell (1901)
"PART I. billie the Bluebird—Bob White the Quail—Ruffle the Partridge —Longbill
... billie the Bluebird was half dead with cold, but he kept up his musical ..."
5. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"isn't going to be a priest— Now Cousin Bertha's boy, billie—William Jennings ...
billie is surprised that Victor is back, and more surprised that he is back ..."
6. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1891)
"... "billie is тегу low; come at once." The appellee therein sued the telegraph
company for a failure to délirer the message promptly, claiming damages for ..."