English Explanatory Dictionary

burd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. maiden, young woman
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

burd burds

Etymology

From Middle English berde (“woman, lady, young lady”), possibly from Old English byrde, ġebyrde (“of noble birth”), from byrd, ġebyrd (“birth”), or from an unattested *byrde (“embroideress”). Possibly the origin of the English slang bird for a young woman.

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