bute

¹

[ byoot ]

noun

, Slang.

1. phenylbutazone.

Bute

²

[ byoot ]

noun

1. Also Bute·shire [] a historic county in SW Scotland, composed of three islands in the Firth of Clyde.
2. an island in the Firth of Clyde, in SW Scotland: part of the county Bute. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).

Bute

¹

/ bjuːt /

noun

1. ButeJohn Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute17131792MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister John Stuart , 3rd Earl of Bute. 1713–92, British Tory statesman; prime minister (1762–63)

Bute

²

/ bjuːt /

noun

1. an island off the coast of SW Scotland, in Argyll and Bute council area: situated in the Firth of Clyde, separated from the Cowal peninsula by the Kyles of Bute . Chief town: Rothesay. Pop: 7228 (2001). Area: 121 sq km (47 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of bute¹

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

Ferry operator CalMac cancelled almost all of its Sunday sailings, cutting off services to the islands including Arran, Bute, Lewis and Harris.

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At the time the research was carried out, Argyll & Bute, Dumfries & Galloway, Inverclyde, Orkney, Perth and Kinross and Shetland had no dentists with NHS capacity for new patients, while just one practice in Fife said it was registering NHS patients, with a waiting list of three months.

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I can remember interviewing him in his early days as first minister at his official residence, Bute House in Edinburgh.

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Soon, we squeezed into the drawing room of the first minister's official residence, Bute House, to watch Salmond announce his resignation as leader of the devolved government which he had run since 2007, and of the Scottish National Party, which he had dominated for far longer.

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When you walk up the stairwell at Bute House, the official residence of Scotland’s first minister in Edinburgh, looking back at you are each of the occupiers of that office over the last quarter of a century or so.

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