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gissards

gissards is the plural of gissard.

Meaning of gissard

Noun

gissard (plural gissards)

  1. (obsolete, rare) One who tends to geese; a gosherd.
    • The Thebans had not a better shepherd than S. Wendeline, nor a better gissard to keepe their geese than Gallus.1584, R. Scot, chapter XXIV, in Disc. Witchcraft, Disc. diuels & spirits, page 528

Questions about gissards

What is gissards the plural of?
Gissards is the plural of gissard.

Words near gissards in the dictionary

  1. Gispert
  2. Gisperts
  3. giss
  4. gissa
  5. gissard
  6. gissards
  7. Gissendanner
  8. Gissendanners
  9. Gissing
  10. Gissingian
  11. gist

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