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Roebuck
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. countable, uncountable
- 3 A townland in County Dublin, Ireland. countable, uncountable
Noun
- 1 A male roe deer.
"From the thick copse the roebucks bound, The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]"
- 2 male roe deer wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe + buck (“male deer”). Doublet of rhebok.
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