buffs

Noun

buff (countable and uncountable, plural buffs)

1. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
   • […]; but is in a ſuite of buffe […]c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
2. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
3. A brownish yellow colour.
   • […] a Visage rough,
     Deform’d, Unfeatur’d, and a Skin of Buff.1693, John Dryden (translator), The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis Translated into English Verse, London: Jacob Tonson, Satire 10, lines 307-308, p. 203
4. A military coat made of buff leather.
   • A diuell in an euerlaſting garment hath him ; / On whoſe hard heart is button’d vp with ſteele : / A Feind, a Fairie, pittileſſe and ruffe : / A Wolfe, nay worſe, a fellow all in buffe […]c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
5. (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.
   • He’s a real history buff. He knows everything there is to know about the civil war.

   Synonyms:

   enthusiast, aficionado, amateur, admirer, connoisseur, devotee, maniac, fan, fanatic, fancier

6. A change introduced in a patch that makes a character, item, or attack stronger.

   Antonyms:

   nerf

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