Bayard

¹ American  

[bay-erd, ba-yar] / ˈbeɪ ərd, baˈjar /

noun

1. Pierre Terrail Seigneur de the knight without fear and without reproach, 1473–1524, heroic French soldier.

2. any man of heroic courage and unstained honor.

3. a first name.

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Bayard ² American  

[bay-erd] / ˈbeɪ ərd /

noun

1. a magical legendary horse in medieval chivalric romances.

2. a mock-heroic name for any horse.

3. (lowercase) a bay horse.

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Bayard ¹ British  

/ ˈbeɪəd /

noun

1. a legendary horse that figures prominently in medieval romance

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Bayard ² British  

/ ˈbeɪəd, bajar /

noun

1. Chevalier de (ʃəvalje də), original name Pierre de Terrail ?1473–1524, French soldier, known as le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche (the fearless and irreproachable knight)

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Etymology

Origin of Bayard

1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French; see bay ⁵, -ard

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Example Sentences

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Bayard

Bayard Rustin, who organized the largest civil rights march in American history from the background as an openly gay man in 1963, and let other men stand at the microphone.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

In 1963, his vision of a mass march on Washington, D.C., was realized with the assistance of Bayard Rustin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025

What becomes of the civil rights movement if Bayard Rustin isn’t there to mentor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the principles of nonviolence or organize the March on Washington?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

Bayard and biologists with the Department of Fish and Wildlife recommended that any turbines in the area should not sit within 2 miles of any ferruginous hawk nests.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

So in 1847, the Stantons moved to Seneca Falls, a small mill town in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, where Elizabeth’s sister Tryphena and brother-in-law Edward Bayard lived.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

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