Picard

[ pee-kar ]

/ piˈkar /

noun

Charles É·mile

[sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/, 1856–1941, French mathematician.

Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/, 1620–82, French astronomer.

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In fact, Picard had stored objects everywhere: with neighbors, with his relatives.
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Her 2011 deposition did become part of the record of Picard v. Mets Ltd.
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Correspondent Morley Safer and Picard suggested that Mark, “of all the people that should have known… should have known.”
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It means they could recover more than 50 cents on the dollar, Picard said.
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Picard said Madoff investors who face “clawback suits” can file for hardship with his office and have the cases dropped.
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Bleeding and breathless, Picard's presence of mind seemed, however, not to have deserted him.
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"You cannot take him with you now," observed Picard, in a perfectly matter-of-fact tone.
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The part near Picard Island was carefully examined by Mr. Forsyth.
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John was in the last cart with Julie, Suzanne and Picard, and his soul was full of bitter chagrin.
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Her stolid, peasant endurance and ready Picard wit stood the whole party in good stead.
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British Dictionary definitions for picard

Picard

/ (French pikar) /

noun

Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1620–82, French astronomer. He was the first to make a precise measurement of a longitude line, enabling him to estimate the earth's radius

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