| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | buck·ler |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b k l r |
| NOUN: | 1. A small, round shield either carried or worn on the arm. 2. A means of protection; a defense: “has enjoyed a reputation as a shield and buckler for . . . the academic avant-garde” (Donal Henahan). | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: buck·lered, buck·ler·ing, buck·lers
To shield; protect. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English bokeler, from Old French bouclier, from boucle, boss on a shield, from Latin buccula, diminutive of bucca, cheek.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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