Pronunciations (6)
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/ˈbʌzəd/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈbʌzɚd/
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- General-American
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/ˈbɐzəd/
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- Australia
- New-Zealand
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/ˈbʊzəd/
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- Northern-England
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/ˈbʌzəɾd/
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- Scotland
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ˈbʌzəɹd
Noun
Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
Usage- Canada
- US usage
In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
Usage- Colloquial
- Derogatory
- Slang
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Perhaps the crusty old buzzard loved his only child more than anyone had given him credit for all these years — maybe even more than he himself had realized.
A blockhead; a dunce.
Usage- Archaic
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More examples (1)
1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142, An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword.
It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard.
Synonym of double bogey.
A fighter plane.
Usage- US usage
- World-War-I
- Slang
The insignia of a colonel, or a petty officer within the navy.
Usage- US usage
- Dated
- Slang
A military discharge (due to the military discharge certificate).
Usage- US usage
- Slang
Noun
A bastard.
Usage- euphemistic
Noun
a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
- Broader terms
the common European short-winged hawk
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- Broader terms