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bernards

bernards is the plural of bernard.

Meaning of bernard

Noun

bernard (plural bernards)

  1. Shortened form of Saint Bernard (the dog).

See all 3 meanings of bernard

Proper noun capitalized: Bernards

Bernards (plural Bernardses)

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

Forms of bernards

pluralBernardses

Origin of bernards

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Bernards, patronymic from the name Bernard. This name is also found in Latvia, of the same sense.

Words formed from bernards

Phrases with bernards

Questions about bernards

What does bernards mean?
Bernards means a surname.
What is bernards the plural of?
Bernards is the plural of bernard.
What part of speech is bernards?
Bernards is a proper noun.

Words near bernards in the dictionary

  1. Bernardini
  2. Bernardinis
  3. Bernardins
  4. Bernardis
  5. bernardite
  6. bernards
  7. Bernardses
  8. Bernardston
  9. Bernardsville
  10. Bernardy
  11. Bernardys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bernards (page history and authors); Bernards (page history and authors); bernard (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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