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roebuck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe + buck (“male deer”). Doublet of rhebok.

Meanings

1. A male roe deer.
   • From the thick copse the roebucks bound, The startled red-deer scuds the plain […] 1807, “Cadyow Castle”, in The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, volume 4, Walter Scott:

Forms

Deriveds

roebuck-berry

Translations (29)

dsb sarnik (male roe deer) · bg сръндак (male roe deer) · es ciervo (del corzo) (male roe deer) · fr cerf (du chevreuil) (male roe deer) · sq kaproll (male roe deer) · sl srnjak (male roe deer) · ru саме́ц косу́ли (male roe deer) · ast corciu (male roe deer) · pt corço (male roe deer) · la capreolus (male roe deer) · nl reebok (male roe deer) · ar يَحْمُور (male roe deer) · enm roobukke (male roe deer) · sq sorkadh (male roe deer) · it capriolo (male roe deer) · sh srndać (male roe deer) · cy caeriwrch (male roe deer) · sv råbock (male roe deer) · pl kozioł (male roe deer) · sh срндаћ (male roe deer) · ga ruaphoc (male roe deer) · hu őzbak (male roe deer) · ro căprior (male roe deer) · pl rogacz (male roe deer) · fur cjavrûl (male roe deer) · mi ropaka (male roe deer) · fi metsäkaurisuros (male roe deer) · cs srnec (male roe deer) · de Rehbock (male roe deer)