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buffaloe

buffaloe is the obsolete form of buffalo.

Meaning of buffalo

Noun

buffalo (plural buffaloes or buffalos or buffalo)

  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.
    • "It must be a very wild stretch of country, and full of big game. I have always wanted to kill a buffalo before I die."1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    buffle
  2. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
  3. The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.).
  4. (US, slang) A nickel.
  5. (US, historical, slang) A looter during the Civil War.
  6. (derogatory, slang) A large or stupid person.

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Proper noun capitalized: Buffaloe

Buffaloe (plural Buffaloes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of buffaloe

pluralBuffaloes

Questions about buffaloe

What does buffaloe mean?
Buffaloe means a surname.
What is buffaloe the obsolete form of?
Buffaloe is the obsolete form of buffalo.
What part of speech is buffaloe?
Buffaloe is a proper noun.

Words near buffaloe in the dictionary

  1. buffaloburr
  2. buffaloburr nightshade
  3. buffaloburr nightshades
  4. buffaloburrs
  5. buffaloburs
  6. buffaloe
  7. buffaloed
  8. buffaloes
  9. buffalofish
  10. buffalograss
  11. buffalograsses

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