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  1. Noun.  A strutting supercilious person; a coxcomb, dandy, fop.
  2. Noun.  (dated) A parrot or green woodpecker.
  3. Noun.  A wooden parrot, or similar object, stuck on a pole as a target to be shot at.
  4. Noun.  A heraldic (or other) representation of a parrot.

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