pard
/ˈpɑː(ɹ)d/
pard noun: a leopard; a panther.
Noun (1)
pard (plural pards)
- A leopard; a panther.
- Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel …c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount... - Ten Brace, and more, of Greyhounds, snowy fair,
And tall as Stags, ran loose, and cours'd around his Chair,
A Match for Pards in flight, in grappling, for the Bear1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite, Book III
- Then a soldier,
Noun (2)
pard (plural pards)
- Partner; fellow; Used as a friendly appellation
- He had long believed, in secret, that his old pard, Tom Terror, was the leader of the Thugs that infested the famous pass; he was confident of it now, and it would be safe to say that, as he rode along, his neck did not itch as formerly.1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw
- 'He's my pard, and you shall not bully him,' he cried.1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man with the Watches
Noun (3) capitalized: PARD
PARD (uncountable)
- Acronym of periodic and random deviations, a form of electrical noise.
- This article describes a power supply conditioning circuit that can reduce Periodic And Random Deviations (PARD) on the output voltages of DC power supplies...1987, “Power supply conditioning circuit”, in JPL DSN Progress Report 42-90, page 1
Examples of pard in a sentence
- In a mistake of the gall-bladder for some part of South America it is mostly found in the pard […]1813, John Mason Good, Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, and N. Bosworth assisted by other gentlemen of...
- Jerome takes the pard of Jeremiah to mean the onslaught of Alexander upon India.1902, Richard Thayer Holbrook, Dante and the Animal Kingdom:
- Centuries ago it was believed that the leopard was a cross between a lion and a pard, hence its title of leo-pard.2014 June 15, Desmond Morris, Leopard, Reaktion Books, →ISBN:
- The American thrust a gold piece into his hand, saying: 'Take it, pard! it's your pot; and don't be skeer'd.1914, Bram Stoker, The Squaw:
Forms of pard
| plural | pards |
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Origin of pard
From Middle English parde, from Old French, from Latin pardus, from Ancient Greek πάρδος (párdos), possibly of Iranian origin and related to other Sanskrit and Ancient Greek terms (see leopard).
From pardner (“partner”), by shortening.
Words formed from pard
Words that rhyme with pard
Questions about pard
- What does pard mean?
- Pard means a leopard; a panther.
- How do you use pard in a sentence?
- In a mistake of the gall-bladder for some part of South America it is mostly found in the pard […]
- What part of speech is pard?
- Pard is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pard?
- Pard is pronounced /ˈpɑː(ɹ)d/.
- What is the plural of pard?
- The plural of pard is pards.
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