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buzzard
(bʌzəʳd)
Word forms: plural buzzards
1. countable noun
A buzzard is a large bird of prey.
2. countable noun
If you refer to someone as a buzzard, you think they are unpleasant or very mean.
[informal, disapproval] buzzard in British English
(ˈbʌzəd)
noun
1.
any diurnal bird of prey of the genus Buteo, typically having broad wings and tail and a soaring flight: family Accipitridae (hawks, etc)
Compare honey buzzard, turkey buzzard2.
a mean or cantankerous person
Word origin
C13: from Old French buisard, variant of buison buzzard, from Latin būteō hawk, falconbuzzard in American English
(ˈbʌzərd)
noun
1.
any of various Old World hawks (esp. certain species of the genus Buteo) that are slow and heavy in flight
2. US
turkey vulture
3.
a person regarded as mean, grasping, etc.
Word origin
ME busard < OFr busart < buson, buison (< L buteo, kind of hawk) + -art, -ardImage ofbuzzard
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