noun, masculine/buɡʁ/plural: bougres
bougre is masculine in French.
guy, dude, man, fellow, chap; wretch (miserable, luckless person); imbecile; idiot; sodomite, bugger (homosexual)
“Français, freluquet, beaux yeux, une dégaine de pédé de rocker, cheveux longs… il ne ressemble à grand-chose, en fait, mais ce n'est pas le mauvais bougre.”
Synonyms: gars, mec
From Old French bogre (“heretic”) (1172), also bogresse (“person who indulges in unnatural debauchery”) (1260), from Late Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ). Doublet of bulgare and boug.