buzzard

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʌzəɹd/ === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== buzzard (plural buzzards) Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail. (Canada, US) Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura). (colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person. (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,[1] An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword. (golf) Synonym of double bogey. (US, military slang, World War I) A fighter plane. (US, military slang, 20th century) The insignia of a colonel, or a petty officer within the navy. (US, military slang, 1860s–1920s) A military discharge (due to the military discharge certificate). ===== Synonyms ===== buteo broadwing turkey vulture vulture ===== Coordinate terms ===== (golf): bogey par birdie eagle albatross condor ostrich ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== References ===== Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎[3], volume 47, number 1/2, pages 27–28 === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== buzzard (plural buzzards) (euphemistic) A bastard. ===== Usage notes ===== Dubbing of movies for television often replaces Fuck you! with Forget you!, bastard with buzzard, fucking with stinking, and prick with pig. ===== Further reading ===== buzzard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia