English Explanatory Dictionary

-ard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).

Word forms

-ard

Etymology

From Middle English -ard, from Old French -ard (suffix), from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). Cognate with Middle High German -hart. More at hard.

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