bois-brûlé
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bois-brûlé
(ˌbwɑːbruːˈleɪ)n
(Peoples) (sometimes capital) archaic Canadian a mixed-race person of Canadian Indian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry; Métis. Also called: Brule
[French, literally: burnt wood]
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