pard
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pard
(pärd)n.
A leopard or other large cat.
[Middle English parde, from Old French, from Latin pardus, from Greek pardos, probably of Iranian origin; akin to Sogdian purdhank.]
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pard
(pɑːd)n
US short for pardner
pard
(pɑːd)n
(Animals) archaic a leopard or panther
[C13: via Old French from Latin pardus, from Greek pardos]
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pard1
(pɑrd)n.
Archaic. a leopard or panther.
[1250–1300; Middle English parde (< Old French pard) < Latin pardus < Greek párdos (masculine), derivative of párdalis (feminine)]
pard2
(pɑrd)n.
pardner.
[1840–50, Amer.; by shortening]
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Translations
pard
n (obs: = leopard) → Leopard m
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