pard1
[pahrd]
- a leopard or panther.
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Origin of pard1
1250–1300; Middle English parde (< Old French pard) < Latin pardus < Greek párdos (masculine), derivative of párdalis (feminine); compare Old English (rare) pardus
pard2
[pahrd]
- partner; companion.
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Origin of pard2
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Say, pard, I'd a-been wearin' diamon's if I could quit when I was 'head of de game.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
Red he sees my pard passing a saloon, and he says, 'Hello, where did you come from?
A Woman TenderfootGrace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
In the afternoon he returned with his pard and tools for digging.
Johnny BearE. T. Seton
We'll not go gold-hunting to-day, pard, for I have something to tell you.
Buffalo Bill's Spy TrailerColonel Prentiss Ingraham
I know that, Pard Harding; but there is another way to look at this affair.
Buffalo Bill's Spy TrailerColonel Prentiss Ingraham
pard1
- US short for pardner
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pard2
- archaic a leopard or panther
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Word Origin
C13: via Old French from Latin pardus, from Greek pardos
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Word Origin and History for pard
n.1
archaic form of leopard, c.1300, from Latin pardus "a male panther," from Greek pardos "male panther," from the same source (probably Iranian) as Sanskrit prdaku-s "leopard, tiger, snake," and Persian palang "panther."
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n.2
1850, dialectal shortening of pardener (1795), representing a common pronunciation of partner (n.).
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