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Packard

US/ˈpækɚd/

Packard proper noun: a surname.

packard: a surname
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Proper noun

Packard (plural Packards)

  1. A surname.
  2. A former brand of automobile (often associated with wealth and luxury in the 1920s through 1940s).
    • He finally forced himself to stick out his thumb when a white Packard with midnight blue trim rounded the bend.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 149
  3. A ghost town in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.

Forms of Packard

pluralPackards

Origin of Packard

Genealogy websites offer three or four hypotheses about the surname; none is confirmed. (Ideas include possible cognation with packer or with Pickard; evidence for or against is not presented.) The automotive brand is from the surname, via the brothers James Ward Packard and William Doud Packard. The ghost town in Kentucky, is named after a certain Amelia Packard.

Questions about Packard

What does Packard mean?
Packard means a surname.
What part of speech is Packard?
Packard is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Packard?
Packard is pronounced /ˈpækɚd/ (US).

Words near Packard in the dictionary

  1. packages
  2. packaging
  3. packaging gas
  4. packaging gases
  5. packagings
  6. Packard
  7. packaway
  8. packboard
  9. packboards
  10. packcloth
  11. packcloths

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