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buffe

[buhf]
–noun Armor.
plate armor for the lower part of the face and the throat, used with a burgonet.
Also, buff.


Origin:
1590–1600; < MF < It buffa, prob. special use of buffa puff of breath, hard breath; see buffoon

buf⋅fa

[boo-fuh; It. boof-fah]
–noun, plural -fe [-fey; It. -fe] .
1. a woman who sings comic roles in opera.
2. opera buffa.

Origin:
< It; fem. of buffo
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