bordeller

Danish

Noun

bordeller n

indefinite plural of bordel

Middle English

Etymology

bordel +‎ -er

Noun

bordeller

a keeper or a frequenter of a brothel
- c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, OCLC 827099568:
  Thaise out of his barge he hente,
  And to this bordeller hir solde.
  And he, that be hire body wolde Take
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

bordeller in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

bordell n

Noun

bordeller m or n

indefinite masculine plural of bordell
indefinite neuter plural of bordell

Swedish

Noun

bordeller

indefinite plural of bordell.

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