bukoler

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek βουκόλος (boukólos, “cowherd”).

Noun

bukoler ?

1. An ancient group of nomads endemic to the northwestern Nile delta.
   • 1886 October 6, “Det alexandrinska museseets öden [The fate of the Alexandrian Museum]”, in Aftonbladet, page 3:

     Efter den beskrifning af Alexandria, vi i går meddelade, lemnade professor Rydberg i fortsättningen af sin fjerde föreläsning en skildring af de judiska therapeuterna, som, långt innan ett kristet munkväsen uppkommit, synas hafva förverkligat idealet af det lif, hvartill det kristna munkväsendet sträfvade, samt af det vid Nilens mellersta utlopp i en labyrint af säf, busksnår och träsk boende bukolernas halfvilda röfvarfolk, en stat i staten, den romarna ej förmådde kufva.

     After the description of Alexandria that we provided yesterday, Professor Rydberg continued his fourth lecture by presenting a portrayal of the Jewish Therapeutae, who, long before a Christian monasticism had arisen, seem to have realized the ideal of the life to which Christian monasticism aspired, as well as the people of the Bucolic robbers, dwelling by the middle outlet of the Nile in a labyrinth of reeds, thickets, and marshes, a state within a state, which the Romans were unable to suppress.

See also

• bukolisk (“bucolic”)