Buzzard Definition

bŭzərd
buzzards
noun
buzzards
Any of various Old World hawks (esp. certain species of the genus Buteo) that are slow and heavy in flight.
Webster's New World

Turkey vulture.

Webster's New World
An avaricious or otherwise unpleasant person.
American Heritage
A person regarded as mean, grasping, etc.
Webster's New World

(colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") A curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.

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Noun

Singular:
buzzard
Plural:
buzzards

Origin of Buzzard

  • From Anglo-Norman buisart, from Old French buison, buson (French buse), possibly from Latin buteōn (“buteo”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English busard hawk of the genus Buteo from Old French from Latin būteō

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Buzzard Sentence Examples

  • The longlegged buzzard is found throughout Egypt, as are owls.

  • The only bird we saw here but nowhere else was a single jackal buzzard.

  • I met the old buzzard running around like a demented hen round Union Station in Toronto.

  • The birds at Karlovo were truly spectacular in bright early morning sunshine, along with a very pale Rough-legged buzzard and several Common Buzzards.

  • Musically, together and sound check not wasted, these guys have been rocking the leighton buzzard game hands down!

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Words Starting With

BBUBUZ

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DRDARD

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