Meaning

2 senses
  1. (obsolete)A fagotto, or bassoon.

  2. (Ireland, UK, obsolete)A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company .

More definitions
  • a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
  • offensive term for a homosexual man

Origin

Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis.

Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis.

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Forms

plural: fagots
Singularfagot
Pluralfagots

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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