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-ard


-ard

noun suffix

Definition of -ARD

: one that is characterized by performing some action, possessing some quality, or being associated with some thing especially conspicuously or excessively <braggart> <dullard> <pollard>

Variants of -ARD

-ard also -art

Origin of -ARD

Middle English, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German -hart (in personal names such as Gērhart Gerard), Old English heard hard

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