name
Meaning 1
Any of a number of towns in English-speaking countries
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Standard Lemma guide
bute
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CMU ARPABET: B Y UW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An island in the Firth of Clyde, and part of Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
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name
Meaning 3
A former county of Scotland, comprising the islands of Bute, Arran and the Cumbraes, also called Buteshire and Bute and Arran
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name
Meaning 4
A Scottish marquisate.
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 6
Phenylbutazone.
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Usage: informal, uncountable
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History
Etymology
Perhaps a variant of Butt.
From its middle syllable.