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English

Etymology

Originally bull-dozer (1875, Louisiana, US); bulldoze +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?ldo?z?/

Noun

bulldozer (plural bulldozers)

1. A tractor with an attached blade for pushing earth and building debris for coarse preliminary surface grading, demolishing building structures, etc.
2. One who bulldozes.
3. (historical, chiefly in the plural) 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.
4. (by extension) A bully; an overbearing individual.

Synonyms

• (member of intimidating white US Southerners): regulator

• blade (slang, 1940s and after)

Translations

Verb

bulldozer (third-person singular simple present bulldozers, present participle bulldozering, simple past and past participle bulldozered)

1. To bulldoze (push through forcefully).

Further reading

• bulldozer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bulldozer.

Noun

bulldozer c (definite plural bulldozeren, indefinite plural bulldozere, definite plural bulldozerne)

1. a bulldozer (crawler tractor with an attached blade)

French

Etymology

From American English bulldozer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bul.do.z??/, /byl.do.z??/

Noun

bulldozer m (plural bulldozers)

1. bulldozer

Further reading

• “bulldozer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Noun

bulldozer m (plural bulldozeres)

1. bulldozer