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Definition of Rosebud
1. Noun. The bud of a rose.
2. Noun. (a literary reference to) a pretty young girl.
Generic synonyms: Fille, Girl, Miss, Missy, Young Lady, Young Woman
Definition of Rosebud
1. n. The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open.
Definition of Rosebud
1. Noun. The bud of a rose. ¹
2. Noun. (British) A pretty young woman. ¹
3. Noun. (Cockney) a mouth ¹
4. Noun. (vulgar slang) an anus ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rosebud
1. the bud of a rose [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosebud
Literary usage of Rosebud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"U>w" give their permission and consent for the Indian» of the Lower Brule
Reservation, in South Dakota, who have left the same and settled upon the rosebud ..."
2. The Fighting Cheyennes by George Bird Grinnell (2004)
"XXV CROOK'S FIGHT ON THE rosebud 1876 IN 1874 General Custer led an expedition
to the Black Hills of Dakota and prospectors who accompanied him discovered ..."
3. The Fighting Cheyennes by George Bird Grinnell (1915)
"Captain Bourke credits this attack to Crazy Horse, but, as a matter of fact,
these Indians were Northern Cheyennes from the camp on the rosebud, ..."
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