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spenard

spenard is the ellipsis of Spenard divorce.

Meaning of Spenard divorce

Noun

Spenard divorce (plural Spenard divorces)

  1. (Alaska slang) mariticide (wives killing husbands)
    • From Spenard divorces to the bar scene that peaked during pipeline construction, many Spenard legends have an illegal or at least illicit aspect.2020 May 17, David Reamer, “History of Spenard: How a squatter, bootlegger and showman gave Anchorage’s most renowned road its name”, in Anchorage Daily News
  2. (broadly) spousal homicide

Proper noun capitalized: Spenard

Spenard (countable and uncountable, plural Spenards)

  1. (countable) A surname from French
  2. A neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, United States
  3. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Lake Spenard
  4. A lake in Spenard, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
    Synonyms:
    Jeter Lake

Noun capitalized: Spenard

Spenard (plural Spenards)

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Spenard divorce

Synonyms of spenard

  • Jeter Lake

Forms of spenard

Noun
pluralspenards
pluralSpenards
Proper noun
pluralSpenards

Origin of spenard

From French Spénard * The lake in Alaska is named after early settler Joe Spenard, who settled on its shores. A road from what was Anchorage city limits to the lake is named Spenard Road, after the lake, which is now contained within Anchorage. The neighborhood surrounding the lake is named after the road. The type of divorce is named after the neighborhood.

Words formed from spenard

Phrases with spenard

Questions about spenard

What does spenard mean?
Spenard means a surname from French.
What is spenard the ellipsis of?
Spenard is the ellipsis of Spenard divorce.
What part of speech is spenard?
Spenard can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near spenard in the dictionary

  1. spelunkers
  2. spelunking
  3. spelunkings
  4. spelunks
  5. spen
  6. spenard
  7. spenard divorce
  8. Spenard divorces
  9. spence
  10. Spencean
  11. spencer

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