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Definition of puttock in English: puttock(also puddock) noun ˈpʌtək 1A bird of prey, especially the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the buzzard (Buteo buteo). Now English regional and Scottish rare. 2Figurative (derogatory). A person likened to a bird of prey in being considered greedy, grasping, rapacious, etc.; specifically a petty officer of justice; a bailiff. Compare "hawk". Now rare (archaic in later use).
OriginMiddle English; earliest use found in Libellus de Nominibus Naturalium Rerum. Origin uncertain; perhaps from the reflex of an unattested Old English *putta hawk, of uncertain origin + -ock. Definition of puttock in US English: puttock(also puddock) nounˈpʌtək 1A bird of prey, especially the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the buzzard (Buteo buteo). Now English regional and Scottish rare. 2Figurative (derogatory). A person likened to a bird of prey in being considered greedy, grasping, rapacious, etc.; specifically a petty officer of justice; a bailiff. Compare "hawk". Now rare (archaic in later use).
OriginMiddle English; earliest use found in Libellus de Nominibus Naturalium Rerum. Origin uncertain; perhaps from the reflex of an unattested Old English *putta hawk, of uncertain origin + -ock. |