billet1
Syllabification: (bil·let)
Pronunciation: /ˈbilit/
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[ with object]
Definition of billet
noun
verb ( billets, billeting, billeted)
Origin:
late Middle English (originally denoting a short written document): from Anglo-Norman French billette, diminutive of bille (see bill1). The verb is recorded in the late 16th century, and the noun sense 'a written order requiring a householder to lodge the bearer, usually a soldier', from the mid 17th century; hence the current meaning