Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 7 letters

buzzard

Best crossword clue

"Soaring scavenger"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbʌzəd/Part of speech nounSorted abdruzzStarts with BEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2U3Z4Z5A6R7D

Definitions

  1. the common European short-winged hawk

Word origin

From Middle English bosart, from Anglo-Norman buisart, from Old French busart, busard, a derivative ( + -ard) of Old French buison, buson (French buse), possibly from Latin būteō (“hawk”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Soaring scavenger7 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

B______

Related words