Definition of "roebuck" [roe•buck]

• A male roe deer. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The male of the roe is called a roebuck; the female, a roe; and the young, a fawn; and these creatures do not live in herds like the other deer, but in families of from ten to twenty each."
• "Thy roebuck and thy stagehand, they comfort mealie."
• "I don't always agree with him, but appreciate that he is not just another talking head of the left. anna roebuck"