• Buzzard

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ˈbÊŒzəɹd/

    Origin

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

    Full definition of buzzard

    Noun

    buzzard

    (plural buzzards)
    1. Any of several Old-World birds of prey with broad wings and a broad tail.
    2. 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).
    3. (colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") A curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
    4. (archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.
      • GoldsmithIt is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard.
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