BUCKHOUND

Etymology

Noun

buckhound (plural buckhounds)

(UK) A hound for hunting deer.

Source: Wiktionary


Buck"hound`, n.

Definition: A hound for hunting deer. Master of the buckhounds, an officer in the royal household. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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