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roebuck

noun

  1. male roe deer
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
  3. A townland in County Dublin, Ireland.

noun

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

  1. A male roe deer.

    From the thick copse the roebucks bound, The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]