n. In ornithology: Any hawk of the genus Buteo or subfamily Buteoninæ. (See these words.)n. Some other hawk, not used in falconry, with a qualifying term to indicate the species: as, the moor-buzzard, Circus æruginosus, of Europe; the honey-buzzard, Pernis apivorus; the bald buzzard, the osprey, Pandion haliaëtus. An American vulture of the family Cathartidæ; the turkey-buzzard, Cathartes aura. See cut under Cathartes.n. A blockhead; a dunce.n. A coward.n. A hawk that flies by night.n. Compare buzzard-moth.Senseless; stupid.