Usually means: Conjunction used to introduce contrast.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word but:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. but: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. but, but: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. but, but-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. but: Collins English Dictionary
  5. but: Vocabulary.com
  6. BUt, But, But, but, but, but, but, but, but, but: Wordnik
  7. but: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. but, but-: Wiktionary
  9. but: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. but: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. but: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. But, but, but-: Dictionary.com
  13. but: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. but: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. BUT (retailer), BUT, But-, But: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. But: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. but: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. but: Rhymezone
  19. but, but (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. but: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. but, but-: MyWord.info
  22. but: Free Dictionary
  23. but: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. but, but-: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. but: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. but(e): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  27. but, But: Wordnik

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. BUT: Acronym Finder
  3. BUT: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  5. but: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. but, but: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. but: The Folk File
  3. B.U.T: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See buting as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  (chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than
adverb:  (Australia, Geordie, conjunctive) Though, however.
noun:  An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.
noun:  (Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
noun:  A limit; a boundary.
noun:  The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.
verb:  (archaic) Use the word "but".
noun:  A surname.

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