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Word: Billet
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (originally denoting a short written document): from Anglo-Norman French billette, diminutive of bille (see bill). The verb is recorded in the late 16th century, and the noun sense, ‘a written order requiring a householder to lodge the bearer, usually a soldier’, from the mid 17th century; hence the current meaning
ˈbɪlɪt
a place, especially a civilian's house, where soldiers are lodged temporarily
Short Definition:soldier's temporary lodging
Examples:- the sergeant gave them leave to rest while officers went in search of billets
Word: Billet
Speech Type: Verb
ˈbɪlɪt
lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house
Short Definition:lodge soldiers in place
Examples:- most of the army was billeted within the town
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