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Webster 1913 Edition

Bayard

Bay′ard

,
Noun.
1.
[OF.
bayard
,
baiart
, bay horse;
bai
bay +
-ard
. See
Bay
,
Adj.
, and
-ard
.]
Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.
Blind
bayard
moves the mill.
Philips.
2.
[Cf. F.
bayeur
, fr.
bayer
to gape.]
A stupid, clownish fellow.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bayard

BA'YARD

,
Noun.
[bay and ard, kind.]
1.
A bay horse.
2.
An unmannerly beholder.

Definition 2024

Bayard

Bayard

See also: bayart and bayard

English

Proper noun

Bayard

  1. A surname​.
  2. A male given name
  3. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
  4. A city in Iowa.
  5. A city in Nebraska.
  6. A city in New Mexico.
  7. A town in West Virginia.

bayard

bayard

See also: Bayard and bayart

English

Noun

bayard ‎(plural bayards)

  1. A bay horse
  2. (humorous) Any horse
  3. (archaic) A stupid, clownish fellow.

Translations

Adjective

bayard ‎(comparative more bayard, superlative most bayard)

  1. coloured bay, reddish brown, notably said of equines

Synonyms

Translations

French

Alternative forms

Noun

bayard m ‎(plural bayards)

  1. A solid type of stretcher for carrying heavy loads

Synonyms

Etymology

bay 'reddish brown' (from Old French (modern bai), from Latin badius 'brown')

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