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bulvan.

front, someone acting on behalf of someone else

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. front, someone acting on behalf of someone else

    common-gender

  2. decoy

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from the Baltic languages. Compare with Latvian bulvāns (“decoy”) and Russian болван (bolvan, “dummy”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.