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English
Etymology
From French liard, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
liard (plural liards)
- (historical) A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.
1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:I waited — not to share the booty, for, so help me God and Saint Withold! as neither I nor any of mine will touch the value of a liard, — I waited but to render my thanks to thee and to thy bold yeomen, for the life and honour ye have saved.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Unknown. Compare obsolete liart (“greyish”), source of Catalan liart, Italian leardo, which designate a grey coat colour in horses.
Pronunciation
Noun
liard m (plural liards)
- (historical) liard (a small bronze coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou)
- a trifling amount, a red cent, a pittance
- (North America) cottonwood
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