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Definition of Bordel
1. n. A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.
Definition of Bordel
1. Noun. (rare) A brothel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bordel
1. a brothel [n -S] - See also: brothel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bordel
Literary usage of Bordel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"It was originally quite distinct from ME bordel ( = Ital. bordello). ß ...
Chaucer has bordel in his Persones Tale (see Richardson), and Wyclif even has ..."
2. Observations Upon the Poems of Thomas Rowley: In which the Authenticity of by Jacob Bryant (1781)
"The term bord, from whence bordel was :de- rived, occurs in the poem of William
and the Werwolf more than once : and i* foft ..."
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