Definition of "bootie"

bootie¹

noun
plural booties
1. Alternative spelling of bootee

bootie²

noun
countable and uncountable, plural booties
1. Obsolete form of booty (“treasure”).
  Quotations
  A Sea Soldier is certaine of victuals and wages, where the Land Soldiers pay will hardly find him sustenance. A Sea Soldier may now and than chaunce to haue a snapp at a bootie or a price, which may in an instant make him a fortune […]
  1876, New Shakspere Society (London, England), Publications (page 169)

bootie³

noun
plural booties
1. (UK, military, slang, obsolete) A soldier.
  Quotations
  […] and buried where he fell, was disinterred by a 'Bootie' who wanted to photograph him for his album.
  1982, Sunday Best, volume 2, page 34