Lord Brooke,
Of Nobility
.
Booth, husband of Amelia. Said to be a drawing of the author's own character and experiences. He has all the vices of Tom Jones, with an additional share of meanness.—Fielding, Amelia (1751).
Borach'io, a follower of don John of Aragon. He is a great villain, engaged to Margaret, the waiting-woman of Hero.—Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing (1600).
Borach'io, a drunkard. (Spanish, borracho, "drunk;" borrachuélo, "a tippler.")
"Why, you stink of wine! D'ye think my
niece will ever endure such a borachio? You're
an absolute Borachio."—W. Congreve,
The Way
of the World