bootie

English

Etymology 1

Noun

bootie (plural booties)

1. Alternative spelling of bootee

Derived terms

• shootie

 

Etymology 2

Noun

bootie (countable and uncountable, plural booties)

1. Obsolete form of booty (“treasure”).
   • 1876, New Shakspere Society (London, England), Publications (page 169)

     A Sea Soldier is certaine of victuals and wages, where the Land Soldiers pay will hardly find him sustenance. A Sea Soldier may now and than chaunce to haue a snapp at a bootie or a price, which may in an instant make him a fortune […]

Etymology 3

Noun

bootie (plural booties)

1. (UK, military, slang, obsolete) A soldier.
   • 1982, Sunday Best, volume 2, page 34:

     […] and buried where he fell, was disinterred by a 'Bootie' who wanted to photograph him for his album.