buzzard
noun1
Euphemistic A bastard.
buzzard
nounUK /ˈbʌzəd/ · US /ˈbʌzɚd/
Etymology From Middle English bosart, from Anglo-Norman buisart, from Old French busart, busard, a derivative ( + -ard) of Old French buison, buson (French buse), possibly from Latin būteō (“hawk”).
8 senses
- 1Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus…
- 2Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture…
- 3In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an…
- 4A blockhead; a dunce.
- 5Synonym of double bogey.
- 6A fighter plane.
- 7The insignia of a colonel, or a petty officer within the navy.
- 8A military discharge (due to the military discharge certificate).
1
Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
3
Colloquial, Derogatory, Slang In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
Often preceded by "old"; the "old buzzard"; often preceded by "old"; the "old buzzard"
- 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.1995, LaRee Bryant, Forever, My Love, page 88:
4
Archaic A blockhead; a dunce.
- 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.1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Animated Nature, volume 6, Index:
6
Government, Military, Politics, War US, World War I, Slang A fighter plane.
- Synonyms
- buteo, broadwing, turkey vulture, vulture
- Derived terms
46 terms
augur buzzard, Buteo augur, belled buzzard, buzzard bait, buzzard-eagle, buzzardet, buzzardlike, Buzzards Bay, common buzzard, Buteo buteo, crested honey buzzard, eastern buzzard, Buteo japonicus, European honey buzzard, forest buzzard, Buteo trizonatus, gag a buzzard off a gut wagon, grasshopper buzzard, Butastur rufipennis, grey-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus, honey buzzard, jackal buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus, knock a buzzard off a gut wagon, knock a buzzard off a shit wagon, lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus, long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus, Madagascar buzzard, Buteo brachypterus, moor buzzard, mountain buzzard, Buteo oreophilus, red-necked buzzard, Buteo auguralis, rough-legged buzzard, rufous-winged buzzard, Butastur liventer, stink a buzzard off a gut wagon, turkey buzzard, upland buzzard, Buteo hemilasius, white-eyed buzzard, Butastur teesa