buzzard

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noun

Plural noun:

buzzards

1.
Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
2.
(Canada, US)Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
3.
(colloquial, derogatory, slang)(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.
4.
(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, An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword.
5.
(golf) Synonym of double bogey.
Đồng nghĩa: double bogey
6.
(US, World War I, slang)(US, military slang, World War I) A fighter plane.
7.
(US, dated, slang)(US, military slang, 20th century) The insignia of a colonel, or a petty officer within the navy.
8.
(US, slang)(US, military slang, 1860s–1920s) A military discharge (due to the military discharge certificate).
9.
(euphemistic)A bastard.

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double bogeybroadwingbuteoturkey vulturevulture

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From Middle English bosart, from buisart, from Old French busart, busard, a derivative (--ard) of Old French buison, buson (buse), possibly from Latin būteō (hawk).