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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A buffalo. obsolete

   "[the Malayan tongue word list] An Oxe or Buffle: Cambi"

Verb

1. 1
   To puzzle; to baffle. intransitive

Synonyms

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buffalo

Example

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"[the Malayan tongue word list] An Oxe or Buffle: Cambi"

Etymology

From Middle French buffle. Doublet of bubale and buffalo.

Related phrases

buffle-headedat loss

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