bourdour

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === border, bordiour, bordyour, bourder, bourdeoure, bowrder, burdier, burdour, burdyour === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French bordeor, bourdour; equivalent to bourden +‎ -our. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buːrˈduːr/, /ˌbuːrdiˈuːr/, /ˈbuːrdur/ === Noun === bourdour (plural burdours) (uncommon) A comedian or clown; one who amuses others for a living. (rare) A ridiculer; one who mocks another. ==== Descendants ==== English: bourder (obsolete) ==== References ==== “bǒurdǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 July 2018.