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Buck
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buck bück
English
Alternative forms
surname en Book
Etymology
For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a en buck.
Also as an English topographic surname, from en enm buk (modern en beech).
As a en de - and en nl - surname, shortened from en Burkhard, compare en Burkhart.
As a north German and en da - surname, from en gml bûk belly, from en osx būk, from en gmw-pro *būk, from en gem-pro *būkaz. Compare en Bauch.
Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of en Bock.
Also as a German surname, variant of en Puck.
As a Germanized en dsb - surname, from dsb buk beech.
Pronunciation
en /bʌk/
en ʌk 1
Proper noun
en English nicknames.
en Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house 2023-06-21 The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20230629063359/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house/
en male Old English.
en German, a variant of Buch.
en ucomm co/Lancaster County s/Pennsylvania c/USA.
en twp co/Luzerne County s/Pennsylvania.
en twp co/Hardin County s/Ohio c/USA.
Alternative forms
en Bucke English surname
Derived terms
en Buck's extension
en Buck's fascia
en Bucks Harbor
See also
en Buck House Buck Island Buck Rogers time
Further reading
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From pdt gml bûk, from pdt osx būk, from pdt gmw-pro *būk, from pdt gem-pro *būkaz.
Noun
pdt noun m plural Bucks
stomach, belly, tummy, abdomen
Derived terms
pdt Buckgort buckich Buckweedoag Rootbuck
Related terms
pdt Buckel
pdt bucken
pdt 1-syllable words
pdt Body parts