Main Entry: booty
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural booties
Etymology: modification of Middle French butin, from Middle Low German bute exchange
Date: 15th century
1 : plunder taken (as in war); especially : plunder taken on land as distinguished from prizes taken at sea
2 : a rich gain or prize
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"plunder, gain, profit," c.1439, from O.Fr. butin "booty," from M.L.G. bute "exchange;" infl. in form and sense by boot (2). Meaning "female body considered as a sex object" is 1920s, black slang.
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