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Renard

Renard is the alternative form of Reynard.

Meaning of Reynard

Proper noun

Reynard

  1. A male given name.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. (literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox.
    • Reynard, in his thieving rambles, one night the summer before last visited the pleasure-gardens in Cornbury Park, and there he found and carried off a hen pheasant while sitting on her nest. The same evening a barn-door hen, with a nide of pheasants also disappeared.1852 May, “Latitat” [pseudonym], “Anecdotes of Foxes”, in The Sportsman, London: Rogerson & Tuxford, →OCLC, page 347
  4. A locality in the Shire of Wellington and the Shire of Mansfield, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

See all 5 meanings of reynard

Proper noun

Renard (plural Renards)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Renard

pluralRenards

Origin of Renard

See Reynard.

Borrowed from French renard (“fox”), or from Old French Renart.

Questions about Renard

What does Renard mean?
Renard means a surname.
What is Renard the alternative form of?
Renard is the alternative form of Reynard.
What part of speech is Renard?
Renard is a proper noun.

Words near Renard in the dictionary

  1. renamings
  2. Renanian
  3. renanolone
  4. renanthera
  5. renantheras
  6. Renard
  7. renardine
  8. Renardism
  9. renardite
  10. Renards
  11. renarrate

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