roebuck

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roebuck¹

  • /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/ UK

Where it comes from

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

noun roebucks

  1. A male roe deer. From the thick copse the roebucks bound, The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]

Roebuck²

proper noun Roebucks

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

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noun male roe deer

Españolciervo (del corzo)
Portuguêscorço
Françaiscerf (du chevreuil)
DeutschRehbock
Italianocapriolo
Românăcăprior
Русскийсаме́ц косу́ли saméc kosúli
العربيةيَحْمُور yaḥmūr

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"roebuck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/roebuck. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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roebuck. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/roebuck

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"roebuck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/roebuck.

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@misc{roebuck_2026,
  title = {roebuck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roebuck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}