bulldozer

English

/ˈbʊldoʊzɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
  • One who bulldozes.
  • (historical) A member of a self-identified group of white US Southerners who colluded to influence outcomes of post-Reconstruction elections by intimidating, coercing and bullying black voters and legislators, including burning down houses and churches, flogging and murdering opponents.
  • (by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual.

Etymology

Suffix from English bulldoze.

Origin

English

bulldoze

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