roebuck

1. 1.

   male roe deer

   Broaderroe deer

Other forms of roebuck

plural

roebucks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about roebuck

What does roebuck mean?

roebuck means "male roe deer".

How many syllables are in roebuck?

roebuck has 2 syllables: roe-buck. The stress falls on "roe". In IPA it is /ˈɹoʊˌbʌk/.

Is roebuck a common word?

roebuck is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.