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Definition of buffer : 1. A good- humored, slow- witted fellow; - usually said of an elderly man.
2. A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which receives the blow; - sometimes called buffing apparatus.
3. A wheel for buffing; a buff.
4. An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.
5. One who polishes with a buff.

Synonyms:

wing, display, CD-RW, codger, caramel, crash, interposer, gaffer, decode, broker, middleman, old bat, intercessor, boot disk, damp, intermediate, CDE, corrupt, pilot, airplane pilot, abort, pilot film, pilot program, weaken, cocoon, old bag, lifesaver, Brillo pad, cache memory, close, buffer store, the Channel Tunnel, crone, break, deliver, dampen, emulate, caramel brown, yellowish brown, protector, buff, honest broker, mince, pilot burner, feather duster, blu-ray, original, precaution, mop, soften, goat, bumper, connection, cowcatcher, feeder, interceder, CD, cleaner, moderate, lover, baggage room, intermediary, keep (a) watch, watch over, boot, stand up for, guardian, cache, guardian angel, devotee, champion, old-timer, buffer zone, peacemaker, pad, go-between, raw sienna, buffer storage, carpet sweeper, conciliator, defender, branch line, cutting, polisher, pilot light, dishwasher, archetype, fender, broom, CD-R, extension, biddy, cushion, relent, granddad, Hoover, artery, cushioning, shock absorber, fan, CD-ROM, kitchen paper, yield

fend, resist, counter, support, cover, protect, avert, retort, barricade, ward, answer, police, backfire, bar, sustain, screen, guard, uphold, reply, safeguard, oppose, save, rebut, argue, defend, counterattack, secure, shelter, return, respond, shield

armor, response, defense, security, wall, argument, aversion, protection, resistance, stronghold, moat, fortress, rebuttal, barrier, countermeasure, harbor

Usage examples:

• Unhappily it was placed as a buffer between two states, China, ready to absorb it, and Japan, keen to conquer its people as a preliminary to triumph over China. - "Korea's Fight for Freedom", F.A. McKenzie.
• And there were you within a few yards of me all the time sitting by your old solitary self, and there was I sitting by my old solitary self, and we each thought the other a serious- minded old buffer, busy on his life- work. - "Miss Mapp", Edward Frederic Benson.
• As both luminous solutions contain proteins and the luminous substances themselves are probably proteins, which have a high buffer value, a method of this kind is none too sensitive. - "The Nature of Animal Light", E. Newton Harvey.