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===== bot  =====

*Norwegian word for "fine, penalty."

===== bottaio  =====

*Italian word for "cooper, barrel maker."

===== bottegaio  =====

*Italian word for "shopkeeper."

===== boucher  =====

*French word for "butcher."

===== boulanger  =====

*French word for "baker."

===== boupptekning  =====

*Swedish word for "estate inventory, probate."

===== bourgeois  =====

*French word for "citizen, member of the middle class."

===== bourguignon  =====

*French word for "Burgundian."

===== bouvier  =====

*French word for "herdsman, cowherd."

===== bovaro  =====

*Italian word for "cattle driver."

===== boven  =====

*Dutch word for "above, over, upstairs."

===== boznica  =====

*Polish word for "synagogue."

===== Bozy  =====

*Polish word for "the Lord's."

===== braaf  =====

*Dutch word for "honest, worthy, good."

===== bracciale  =====

*Italian word for "laborer."

===== bracciante  =====

*Italian word for "farm laborer."

===== Brachmonat  =====

*German word for "June."

===== bracia  =====

*Polish word for "brothers."

===== brak  =====

*Polish word for "lack of, is missing."

===== branco (a)  =====

*Portuguese word for "white."

===== brann  =====

*Norwegian word for "fire."

===== brasiator  =====

*Latin word for "brewer."

===== brasseur  =====

*French word for "brewer."

===== brassier  =====

*French word for "farmworker, laborer (old word)."

===== brat  =====

*Polish word for "brother."

===== bratanek  =====

*Polish word for "nephew."

===== bratanica  =====

*Polish word for "niece."

===== bratowa  =====

*Polish word for "sister-in-law."

===== bratr  =====

*Czech word for "brother."

===== bratranec  =====

*Czech word for "cousin (male)."

===== Brauer  =====

*German word for "brewer."

===== Braut  =====

*German word for "bride."

===== brazo  =====

*Spanish word for "arm."

===== braço  =====

*Portuguese word for "arm."

===== bredvid  =====

*Swedish word for "next to."

===== brenna  =====

*Icelandic word for "burn."

===== brenndur  =====

*Icelandic word for "burned, burning."

===== brennevinsbrenner  =====

*Norwegian word for "distiller of spirits."

===== Bretagne [oncle à la mode de Bretagne]  =====

*French word for "Brittany [first cousin of one's parent]."

===== brev  =====

*Danish and Norwegian word for "letter, correspondence."

===== briquetier  =====

*French word for "brick maker."

===== brjóstsjúkdómur  =====

*Icelandic word for "chest disease."

===== brjóstÞyngsli  =====

*Icelandic word for "shortness of breath."

===== bro  =====

*Norwegian and Swedish word for "bridge."

===== broder  =====

*Danish word for "brother."

===== broderdatter  =====

*Danish word for "brother's daughter."

===== brodersøn  =====

*Danish word for "brother's son."

===== broeder, broer  =====

*Dutch word for "brother."

===== broer(s)  =====

*Afrikaans word for "brother(s)."

===== bror  =====

*Danish, Norwegian and Swedish word for "brother."

===== brordatter  =====

*Norwegian word for "brother's daughter."

===== brorsdotter  =====

*Swedish word for "niece, brother's daughter."

===== brorsson  =====

*Swedish word for "nephew, brother's son."

===== brorsønn  =====

*Norwegian word for "brother's son."

===== Brown Books  =====

*A part of the Maryland State Papers that contains military and civilian communications dating from 1775 to 1803. The books also contain Revolutionary War correspondence, including lists of rebels, payments, seizures, arrests, and military engagements.

===== Buddhism  =====

*A major world religion founded in India in 500 B.C. by a teacher named Buddha. It has influenced religious, social, and cultural effects in much of Asia. In each area it has often combined with teachings from other religions such as Hinduism and Shinto. Zen Buddhism, practiced chiefly in Japan, has some distinctive differences. Buddha taught that each person's position in life was determined by actions in past lives. He sought to conquer attachments to worldly things.

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