Usually means: Obsolete term for a clown.
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  1. Buffon: Merriam-Webster
  2. Buffon: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Buffon, buffon: Wordnik
  4. buffon: Wiktionary
  5. Buffon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Buffon: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Buffon: Dictionary.com
  8. Buffon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. buffon: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. Buffon: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Buffon: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (buffon)

noun:  Synonym of buffont
noun:  A surname.
noun:  Obsolete form of buffoon. [One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.]

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