zumbador, n.

zumbador
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# † zumbadornoun

## Earlier version

- zumbador in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zumbador mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zumbador. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the mid 1700s.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the noun zumbador come from?

Earliest known use

mid 1700s

The only known use of the noun zumbador is in the mid 1700s.

OED's earliest evidence for zumbador is from 1758, in a translation by John Adams.

zumbador is a borrowing from Spanish.

### Nearby entries

1. zugtrompete, n. 1978–
2. Zugunruhe, n. 1950–
3. Zugzwang, n. 1904–
4. zule | zulis, n. 1780–
5. Zulu, n. & adj. 1824–
6. Zulu, v. 1882–
7. Zuludom, n. 1867–
8. Zulu hat, n. 1879–
9. Zuluize, v. 1852–
10. Zulu time, n. 1959–
11. zumbador, n.1758–64
12. zumbi, n. 1704–
13. zumboorukchee, n. 1840–
14. Zuñi, n. 1834–
15. zunyite, n. 1885–
16. zuppa, n. 1961–
17. Zurich, n. 1870–
18. Zuricher, n. 1673–
19. zurla, n. 1940–
20. zurlite, n. 1826–
21. zurna, n. 1870–

## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Spanish.
< Spanish, < zumbar to hum.

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1758–64
   A hummingbird of South America.
   1. 1758

      > Partridges, condors, and zumbadores or hummers.

      J. Adams, translation of A. de Ulloa, Voyage to South-America vol. I. vi. viii. 474
   2. 1764

      > The swift-wing'd zumbadore The mountain-desert startl'd with his hum.

      J. Grainger, Sugar-cane i. 46
   birds
   1. zumbador 1758–64
      A hummingbird of South America.
   2. sunbeam 1769–
      Originally: any of various brightly-coloured or iridescent hummingbirds native to South America. In later use spec.: any of the South American…
   3. black warrior 1831–
      a. North American. Harlan's hawk, now regarded as a red-tailed hawk of the subspecies Buteo jamaicensis harlani (now historical); †b. a…
   4. hermit-bird 1837–
      a. A hummingbird of genus Phaëthornis; b. a South American Halcyonide bird of genus Monasa, a nun-bird.
   5. Anna's hummingbird 1839–
      A hummingbird native to western North America, Calypte anna, the male of which has a pinkish-red head and throat.
   6. jacobin 1843–
      A hummingbird of the genus Heliothrix, having neck-feathers resembling a hood.
   7. straight-tail 1843
      The horned sungem hummingbird, Heliactin bilophus, the tail of which has elongated central feathers.
   8. vervain hummingbird 1847–
      A very small hummingbird with grey and green plumage, Mellisuga minima, native to the Caribbean.
   9. wedge-bill 1848–
      A bird with a wedge-shaped bill, as (a) the Australian Sphenostoma cristatum; (b) a South American hummingbird of the genus Schistes.
   10. warrior 1852–99
       A helmetcrest hummingbird (genus Oxypogon), native to South America and having (in the male) a long crest on the head. Obsolete.
   11. fiery topaz 1854–
       A large South American hummingbird, Topaza pyra, the male of which has metallic orange and red plumage on the back and belly.
   12. sungem 1856–
       (More fully horned sungem) a hummingbird native to Brazil, Bolivia, and Suriname, Heliactin bilophus, which has bronze-green upperparts, white…
   13. wood-star 1859–
       A name for several species of hummingbirds, as those of the genus Calothorax and the Bahama sheartail, Doricha evelynæ.
   14. calliope 1861–
       A very small North American hummingbird, Stellula calliope, which migrates to Central America in winter; = calliope hummingbird, n.
   15. rainbow 1861–
       Any of several South American hummingbirds of the genus Coeligena; spec. (more fully Andean rainbow) = rainbow starfrontlet, n.
   16. sabre-wing 1861–
       A hummingbird of the genus Campylopterus (and related genera).
   17. sawbill 1861–
       A name applied to various birds with serrated bills. A hummingbird of the genus Rhamphodon (also sawbill hummingbird).
   18. swallowtail 1861–
       Applied to various animals having a forked tail. A hummingbird of the genus Eupetomena.
   19. sword-bill 1861–
       A South American hummingbird, Docimastes ensiferus, with a very long bill.
   20. thorn-bill 1861–
       a. A hummingbird of the South American genus Rhamphomicron; b. any of several small warblers of the genus Acanthiza or a closely related genus…
   21. visor-bearer 1861–
       A Brazilian bird having head-feathers arranged like a visor.
   22. wood-nymph 1861–
       Name for certain species of hummingbird, esp. of the genus Thalurania (Gould).
   23. puffleg 1869–
       Any of various South American hummingbirds of the genera Eriocnemis and Haplophaedia, which are characterized by a prominent tuft of white down…
   24. calliope hummingbird 1872–
       A very small North American hummingbird, Stellula calliope, which migrates to Central America in winter.
   25. flame-bearer 1882–
       A book-name for the genus Selasphorus of hummingbirds, characterized by the great brilliancy of the gorgets of the males.
   26. starry hummer 1884
       The calliope hummingbird, Selaphorus calliope, the male of which has a white throat marked with iridescent wine-red streaks.
   27. shear-tail 1885–
       a. dialect a name for the Common Tern (Sterna fluviatilis); b. a Peruvian bird (Thaumastura cora).
   28. plature 1890
       A racket-tailed hummingbird of the former genus Platurus, which included the racket-tailed coquette, Discosura longicaudus, found from Venezuela to…
   29. rainbow starfrontlet 1966–
       A hummingbird, Coeligena iris, which has mainly greenish and chestnut plumage with colourful iridescent patches on the crown and breast, occurring in…
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zumbador, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zumbador, n. was last modified in July 2023.