buzzard

buz·zard

buzzard

any of various Old World hawks (esp. certain species of the genus Buteo) that are slow and heavy in flight
turkey vulture
a person regarded as mean, grasping, etc.

Origin of buzzard

Middle English busard from Old French busart from buson, buison ( from Classical Latin buteo, kind of hawk) + -art, -ard

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buzzard

noun

Any of various North American vultures, such as the turkey vulture.
Chiefly British A hawk of the genus Buteo, having broad wings and a broad tail.
An avaricious or otherwise unpleasant person.

Origin of buzzard

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

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Noun

(plural buzzards)

Any of several Old-World birds of prey with broad wings and a broad tail.
In North America, a general term for scavenging birds such as the American black vulture, also called American black buzzard (Coragyps atratus), and the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
(colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") A curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
(archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.

Origin

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

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