† ˈbuffard Obs. rare—1.
[? a. F. bouffard ‘often puffing, much blowing, swelling vp, strouting out; also, swelling with anger’ (Cotgr.).]
? A foolish fellow. Cf. buffer n.4
| c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems 32 Thouhe she be yong, yet wol she wele abide, Uncoupled to a fresshe man of innesse [? iunesse], And take a buffard riche of gret vilesse. |