BUZZARD

n. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera.

2.
n.

A blockhead; a dunce. It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. Goldsmith.

3.
a.

Senseless; stupid. [R.& Obs.] Milton.


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