pard
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
- pardine adjective
Etymology
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
Origin of pard2
1840–50, by alteration and shortening of partner
Example Sentences
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A news photo showed a crowd of them showing up in their 10-gallon hats calling out, “We’re with ya, pard” to Ward.
From Los Angeles Times
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
From Literature
In the photographs Le Guin periodically shares of Pard on her blog, he looks pretty satisfied with the status of house cat.
From Los Angeles Times
His only vice, as she records in a series of blog posts called “The Annals of Pard,” is that he likes to get up on the mantle and knock off the kachina dolls she keeps there, all of which are breakable.
From Los Angeles Times
I learned about Pard not from Le Guin’s traditionally published writings, from her dystopian fiction or her essays, but rather from her blog.
From Los Angeles Times
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