roebuck

American  

[roh-buhk] / ˈroʊˌbʌk /

noun

roebucks, plural roebuck plural

1. a male roe deer.

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roebuck British  

/ ˈrəʊˌbʌk /

noun

1. the male of the roe deer

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• roebucks
  plural
• roebuck
  plural

Etymology

Origin of roebuck

First recorded in 1350–1400, roebuck is from the Middle English word robucke. See roe ², buck ¹

Example Sentences

You were always able to roebuck and rewrite your part.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2015

The bleater instruction sheet suggests that the hunter render the fiep with "trembling hands," then promptly swing his gun to his shoulder and brace himself for the charge of a romantic roebuck.

From Time Magazine Archive

Keitel was a frustrated farmer who, on his rare wartime leaves, loved nothing more than to muck about his Brunswick estate of Helmscherode, buying new farm implements or hunting roebuck and wild boar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their hero slays the "wary roebuck," sears the wild West Wind, hunts down "monsters and magicians," wendigoes and kenabeeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both of us were becoming decidedly tired of passing specimens which we wanted badly and decided to go for roebuck regardless of the possibility of frightening wapiti by the shooting.

From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Andrews, Roy Chapman