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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch paard (“horse”). Doublet of palfrey.
Pronunciation
Noun
prad (plural prads)
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal, dated) A horse.
1754, John Poulter, The Discoveries of John Poulter, alias Baxter, Sherborne, page 39:Horse Stealers, they go together always the Day before, to look over the Grounds for a good Prad or Prads […]
1821, David Haggart, The Life of David Haggart, written by himself while under sentence of death, London: W. and C. Tait, page 22:We had fixed our eye on a horse-dealer, and had some conversation with him about the purchase of a prad; but we could not agree, and parted, on account of a deeker, who was eyeing us closely, and I observed him speak to the jockey.
1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “chapter XXXI”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. , volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, , →OCLC:'Just send somebody out to relieve my mate, will you, young man?' said the officer; 'he's in the gig, a-minding the prad. […] '
- 1893, Ernest Favenc, "Bunthorp's Decease" in Tales of the Austral Tropics, London: Osgood, MacIlvaine & Co., 1894,
- "Not a bad sort of a prad that brown one," he remarked; "looks a little gone in the near fore-leg."
1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 212:So smooth of face, so fine of eye, so much a beautiful part of his beautiful chestnut prad.
Anagrams
Aromanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *praedō, from Latin praedor. Compare Romanian prăda, prad.
Verb
prad first-singular present indicative (past participle prãdatã)
- to plunder, pillage, sack, rob, loot
- Synonyms: bilescu, calcu
Romanian
Verb
prad
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of prăda