bulldozer

English

Etymology

Originally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US); bulldoze +‎ -er

Noun

Wikipedia bulldozer (plural bulldozers)

1. one who bulldozes
2. (usually plural) A self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents. Also known as "regulators". Later used to describe anyone who intimidated or bullied in a similar manner.
3. A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
4. A bully, overbearing individual.

Synonyms

• (slang, 1940s and after) blade

Translations

tractor

Albanian: buldozer (sq) m. Arabic: جرارة (ar) (jarraara) f., جرافة (ar) (jarraafa) f., بولدوزر (ar) (bulduuzar) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 推土機 (cmn), 推土机 (cmn) (tuītǔjī) Danish: bulldozer (da) Dutch: laadschop (nl) m. and f. Estonian: buldooser (et) Finnish: puskutraktori (fi), raivaustraktori (fi) French: bulldozer (fr) m. German: Planierraupe (de) f. Greek: γαιοπροωθητής (el) (geopro'oθitís) m.

Greenlandic: bulldozeri (kl) Hebrew: בולדוזר (he) (buldozer) m. Hungarian: bulldózer (hu) Interlingua: bulldozer Italian: bulldozer (it) m., apripista (it) m. and c., apripista (it) m. Japanese: ブルドーザー (ja) (burudōzā) Korean: 불도저 (ko) (buldojeo) Malay: jentolak (ms) Polish: buldożer m. Russian: бульдозер (ru) (bul'dózer) m. Spanish: aplanadora (es) f.

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French

Etymology

From American English bulldozer

Pronunciation

• IPA: /byl.dɔ.zɛʁ/

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Noun

bulldozer m. (plural bulldozers)

1. bulldozer