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buffalo

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌf.əl.əʊ/

The English word “buffalo” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.
  2. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
  3. The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
  4. A nickel.
  5. A looter during the Civil War.
  6. A large or stupid person.
  7. An obese person, usually a woman.
  8. A black male.

verb

  1. To hunt buffalo.
  2. To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
  3. To pistol-whip.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish búfalo (“buffalo”), from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”). Doublet of bubale and buffle.

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