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brassards

brassards is the plural of brassard.

Meaning of brassard

Noun

brassard (plural brassards)

  1. (historical) An item of plate armor that protects the arm.
  2. An insignia or band worn around the upper arm.
    • Muslims found not wearing the white brassards as prescribed by the army were simply despatched on the spot.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 26

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Proper noun capitalized: Brassards

Brassards

  1. (plural) plural of Brassard

Questions about brassards

What is brassards the plural of?
Brassards is the plural of brassard.
What part of speech is brassards?
Brassards is a proper noun.

Words near brassards in the dictionary

  1. brass-necks
  2. brassage
  3. brassages
  4. Brassai
  5. brassard
  6. brassards
  7. brassart
  8. brassarts
  9. brassboard
  10. brassboards
  11. brassbound

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brassards (page history and authors); Brassards (page history and authors); brassard (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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