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ˈbɪl boʊbil·bo

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Wiktionary

  1. Bilbonoun

    A fictional hobbit whose name is Bilbo Baggins and who is the protagonist of The Hobbit and a character of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

  2. bilbonoun

    A device for punishment. See bilboes.

  3. bilbonoun

    A kind of sword with well-tempered and flexible blade, originally produced in Bilbao and Toledo.

  4. Etymology: From Bilbo (in Basque), or Bilbao, a city in Spain.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Bilbonoun

    A rapier; a sword.

    Etymology: corrupted from Bilbod, where the best weapons are made.

    To be compassed like a good bilbo, in the circumference of a peck, hilt to point, heel to head. William Shakespeare, M. W. of Windsor.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bilbonoun

    a rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain

  2. Bilbonoun

    a long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Bilbo

    bil′bō, n. a rapier or sword:—pl. Bilboes (bil′bōz), fetters. [From Bilbao, in Spain.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. bilbo

    An old term for a flexible kind of cutlass, from Bilbao, where the best Spanish sword-blades were made. Shakspeare humorously describes Falstaff in the buck-basket, like a good bilbo, coiled hilt to point.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. bilbo

    A rapier, a sword; so named, it is said, from Bilboa, in Spain, where the best are made.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Bilbo

    The old name for a Spanish sword blade made at Bilboa.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BILBO

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bilbo is ranked #18622 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bilbo surname appeared 1,478 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Bilbo.

    67.5% or 998 total occurrences were White.
    26.8% or 397 total occurrences were Black.
    2.5% or 38 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.3% or 34 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.4% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.3% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bilbo in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bilbo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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