buzzard
English
/ˈbʌzəɹd/
noun
Definitions
- Any of several Old World bird of birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
- (North America) Any scavenging bird such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
- (colloquial) In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
- (archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.
- (golf)
Etymology
Borrowed from buisart derived from Old French buison derived from Latin buteō (buzzard).
Origin
Latin
buteō
Gloss
buzzard
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Madagascar English
- Madagascar buzzard English
- buzzardet English
- jackal English
- jackal buzzard English
- leg English
- mountain English
- mountain buzzard English
- neck English
- red English
- red-necked buzzard English
- rough English
- rough-legged buzzard English
- buteō Latin
- būteō Latin
- būteōnem, būteō Latin
- bozzago Italian
- buisson French
- buse French
- buser French
- bois Old French
- buis Old French
- buison Old French
- büz Turkish
- busard Middle French
- buisart xno