Bru·lé (bro?o-l??)n. pl. Brulé or Bru·lés A member of a Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Lakota, with a present-day population in southwest South Dakota.[French brûlé, burnt (partial translation of their own name for themselves).]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Brule (bru??le?) or Brûlén (Peoples) (sometimes not capital) short for bois-brûléCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014