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plural buzzards
Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail. examples
(Canada, US) Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura). examples
(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. quotations
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
(archaic) A blockhead; a dunce. quotations
An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword.
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
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
(golf) Synonym of double bogey examples
(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).