Bible Dictionaries
Bogey

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A given score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; - said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey.

(2):

(n.) A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.

(3):

(n.) A goblin; a bugbear.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bogey'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bogey.html. 1828.