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roebuck

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɹəʊ.bʌk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R OW1 B AH2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A townland in County Dublin, Ireland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A male roe deer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

male roe deer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: roe deer, Capreolus capreolus

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sorkadh — male roe deer
  • Albanian: kaproll — male roe deer
  • Arabic: يَحْمُور (yaḥmūr) — male roe deer
  • Asturian: corciu — male roe deer
  • Bulgarian: сръндак (srǎndak) — male roe deer
  • Czech: srnec — male roe deer
  • Dutch: reebok — male roe deer
  • Finnish: metsäkaurisuros — male roe deer
  • French: cerf (du chevreuil) — male roe deer
  • Friulian: cjavrûl — male roe deer
  • German: Rehbock — male roe deer
  • Hungarian: őzbak — male roe deer
  • Irish: ruaphoc — male roe deer
  • Italian: capriolo — male roe deer
  • Latin: capreolus — male roe deer
  • Māori: ropaka — male roe deer
  • Middle English: roobukke — male roe deer
  • Polish: kozioł — male roe deer
  • Polish: rogacz — male roe deer
  • Portuguese: corço — male roe deer
  • Romanian: căprior — male roe deer
  • Russian: саме́ц косу́ли (saméc kosúli) — male roe deer
  • Serbo-Croatian: срндаћ — male roe deer
  • Serbo-Croatian: srndać — male roe deer
  • Slovene: srnjak — male roe deer
  • Lower Sorbian: sarnik — male roe deer
  • Spanish: ciervo (del corzo) — male roe deer
  • Swedish: råbock — male roe deer
  • Welsh: caeriwrch — male roe deer
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