pard
1- a leopard or panther.
Origin of pard
1pard
2- partner; companion.
Origin of pard
2Related Words for pard
crony, cohort, comrade, buddy, assistant, accomplice, fellow, friend, collaborator, partner, companion, ally, co-worker, colleague, associate, aide, mate, cousin, nurse, protectorExamples from the Web for pard
Historical Examples of pard
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
pard
1- US short for pardner
pard
2- archaic a leopard or panther
Word Origin for pard
Word Origin and History for pard
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."
1850, dialectal shortening of pardener (1795), representing a common pronunciation of partner (n.).