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English
Etymology
From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe + buck (“male deer”). Doublet of rhebok.
Pronunciation
Noun
roebuck (plural roebucks)
- A male roe deer.
1807, “Cadyow Castle”, in The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, volume 4, Walter Scott:From the thick copse the roebucks bound,
The startled red-deer scuds the plain […]
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