buzzard

1. (Canada, US) Any scavenging bird, such as the American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) or the turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).CanadaUS

2. (colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.Examples: "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."colloquialderogatoryslang

3. (archaic) A blockhead; a dunce.Examples: "1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 142, An old man’s shadow is better than a young buzzard’s sword."; "It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard."archaic

4. (golf) Synonym of double bogey.Synonyms: double bogey

5. (US, military slang, World War I) A fighter plane.USWorld-War-Islang

6. (US, military slang, 20th century) The insignia of a colonel, or a petty officer within the navy.USdatedslang