Definition of 'battue'
noun
3.
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Word origin of 'battue'
Word Frequency
battue in American
(bæˈtu ; bato̅oˈ; bæˈtju ; batyo̅oˈ; bəˈtu ; bəto̅oˈ; bəˈtju ; bətyo̅oˈ) noun
3.
any mass killing
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Used Rarely. battue is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
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