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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman buisart, from Old French buison, buson (French buse), possibly from Latin buteō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
buzzard (plural buzzards)
- Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
- (Canada, US) Any scavenging bird such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
- (colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
- 1995, LaRee Bryant, Forever, My Love (page 88)
- Perhaps the crusty old buzzard loved his only child more than anyone had given him credit for all these years — maybe even more than he himself had realized.
- 1995, LaRee Bryant, Forever, My Love (page 88)
- (archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.
- 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142,[1]
- An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword.
- 1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Animated Nature, Volume 6, Index,[2]
- It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard.
- 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142,[1]
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- augur buzzard, Buteo augur
- common buzzard, Buteo buteo
- eastern buzzard, Buteo japonicus
- forest buzzard, Buteo trizonatus
- grasshopper buzzard, Butastur rufipennis
- grey-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus
- jackal buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus
- lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus
- Madagascar buzzard, Buteo brachypterus
- mountain buzzard, Buteo oreophilus
- red-necked buzzard, Buteo auguralis
- rufous-winged buzzard, Butastur liventer
- upland buzzard, Buteo hemilasius
- white-eyed buzzard, Butastur teesa
Translations[edit]
bird of the genus Buteo
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scavenging bird — see vulture
slang or derogatory term for a person
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