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‖ ˈrufus, a. and n.
[L. rūfus.]
A. adj. = rufous a.
1884Harper's Mag. Mar. 622/1 The red-tailed hawk, so named from the deep rufus color of its tail feathers. 1887Phillips Brit. Discomyc. 261 Cups..externally rufus-brown..; hymenium concave, pale rufus.
B. n. (Also with capital initial.)
1. U.S. slang. A countryman.
2. colloq. A nickname for a red-haired person.
1955D. W. Maurer in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxiv. 106 A farmer or yokel is called by old-timers a rufus (obsolescent) or a hoosier. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. ix. 170 Red heads attract a barrage of nicknames:..reddy, red kipper, red mop, red thatch, red paint brush, Rufus, and Rusty. |