Gerard

[ juh-rahrd ]

/ dʒəˈrɑrd /

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noun

Also Gé·rard. a male given name, form of Gerald.

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Other definitions for Gerard (2 of 2)

Gérard

[ zhey-rahr ]

/ ʒeɪˈrɑr /

noun

Comte É·tienne Mau·rice

[kawnt ey-tyenmoh-rees], /kɔ̃t eɪˈtyɛn moʊˈris/, 1773–1852, French marshal under Napoleon.

How to use Gerard in a sentence

Eight days later their bassist, Gerard Smith, passed away from lung cancer.
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GERARD BUTLER The Scottish hunk is—surprisingly—leaning towards “NO” when it comes to Scottish independence.
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They even found a spot for legendary French actor Gerard Depardeux [sic].
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“I was trained as a sculptor,” said Gerard, who teaches at the Pratt Institute and School of Visual Arts in New York.
In ‘Lost at Sea’ Exhibition, Celia Gerard’s Sculpture Turns to Drawing|Justin Jones|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

A few hundred years later, Belgian cartographer Gerard Mercator was charged with heresy.
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Mrs. Sherwood told me yesterday that she hoped to have Nan Gerard back here for good, and Mary looked as if it were all settled.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
At the beginning of this year Antwerp, supposed to have been impregnable, surrendered to Marshal Gerard.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
After all this is very doubtful praise, though Gerard was not acting in his judicial capacity.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
Sidney at this time took a strong dislike to Gerard, whom he accused of ambitious dealing and of plotting against him at Court.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
Our Embassy had been so overburdened with work that Mrs. Gerard was there all day long helping her husband.
Ways of War and Peace|Delia Austrian

British Dictionary definitions for Gerard

Gérard

/ (French ʒerar) /

noun

François (Pascal Simon), Baron. 1770–1837, French painter, court painter to Napoleon I and Louis XVIII

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