pigeon

noun

1. any bird of the family Columbidae, having a compact body and short legs, especially the larger species with square or rounded tails.Compare dove1(def 1).
2. a domesticated member of this family, as one of the varieties of the rock dove.
3. Slang.
   1. a young, usually attractive, girl.
   2. a person who is easily fooled or cheated; dupe.
4. Poker Slang. a card, acquired in the draw, that greatly improves a hand or makes it a winner.

noun

1. (not in technical use) pidgin; pidgin English.

noun

1. any of numerous birds of the family Columbidae, having a heavy body, small head, short legs, and long pointed wings: order ColumbiformesSee rock dove
2. slang a victim or dupe

noun

1. British informal concern or responsibility (often in the phrase it’s his, her, etc, pigeon)

n.late 14c. (early 13c. as a surname), from Old French pigeon “young dove” (13c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pibionem, dissimilation from Late Latin pipionem (nominative pipio) “squab, young chirping bird” (3c.), from pipire “to peep, chirp,” of imitative origin. Meaning “one easily duped” is from 1590s. Replaced culver (Old English culufre, from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula) and native dove. see clay pigeon; stool pigeon.