-ard

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-ard

Type

suffix

Denotation

noun suffix (often pejorative)

Etymology

Old French -ard, -arde, -art; German -hard, -hart

Evidence

bombard, buzzard, dastard, dotard, drunkard, mustard, palliard, pollard, sluggard, standard

See Also

-art

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