pard

[ pahrd ]

/ pɑrd /

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noun Literary.

a leopard or panther.

Nearby words

parchment worm, parchmentize, parclose, parcours, parcourse, pard, pardah, pardalote, pardi, pardner, pardon

Origin of pard

1250–1300; Middle English parde (< Old French pard) < Latin pardus < Greek párdos (masculine), derivative of párdalis (feminine); compare Old English (rare) pardus

Related forms

pard·ine

[pahr-dahyn, -din] /ˈpɑr daɪn, -dɪn/, adjective

Definition for pard (2 of 2)

pard

[ pahrd ]

/ pɑrd /

noun Informal.

partner; companion.

Origin of pard

1840–50, Americanism; by alteration and shortening of partner

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Examples from the Web for pard

While I was somewhat older than pard, he was much the heavier, and I was unable to carry him.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper|Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock
Listen: My pard and I both got into this valley, though I was the only one seen.
Dick Merriwell Abroad|Burt L. Standish
Brace up, pard; you won't git another sight like this fur some time.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch|Ridgwell Cullum
Well, Pard felt better when he had eaten the hot supper I had left for him and we turned in for a few hours' sleep.
Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper|Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock

Johnson was full of bravado, and swore that he and his pard would never have been captured had Clodfelter not been shot.
Hands Up; or Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains|D. J. Cook

British Dictionary definitions for pard (1 of 2)

pard

/ (pɑːd) /

noun

US short for pardner

British Dictionary definitions for pard (2 of 2)

pard

/ (pɑːd) /

noun

archaic a leopard or panther

Word Origin for pard

C13: via Old French from Latin pardus, from Greek pardos

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