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Bayard Ba·yard

Spelling: [bey-erd; for 1 also French ba- Bayard is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in Bayard (aabdry).

Definitions for Bayard

noun

1. Pierre Terrail [pyer te-ra-yuh] /pyɛr tɛˈra yə/ (Show IPA), Seigneur de [se-nyœr duh] /sɛˈnyœr də/ (Show IPA), ("the knight without fear and without reproach") 1473–1524, heroic French soldier.
2. any man of heroic courage and unstained honor.
3. a male given name.
4. a magical legendary horse in medieval chivalric romances.
5. a mock-heroic name for any horse.
6. (lowercase) Archaic. a bay horse.

Origin of Bayard

1275-1325; Middle English Middle French; see bay⁵, -ard

Examples for Bayard

This is the 'Faust' of Bayard Taylor, which indeed may be read as a poem in itself.

Bayard Taylor, a distinguished American traveler, writer, and poet.

Bayard looked up at him with dying eyes, full of pity and reproach.

While the dispute had dragged out, Wheeler's attorney Bayard Marin said, "There were no Jerry Springer moments."

Bayard Taylor, the distinguished American traveler, writer, and poet.

"Bayard, my good friend, I am sore distressed at your mishap," he said.

More than any other man, Bayard, of Delaware, was responsible for the election of Jefferson.

Griswold, Otis, Bayard, and Goodrich were found among the nays.

His own conscience must have added a double sting to Bayard's words.

Maybe keeping someone like Bayard Rustin in the shadows seemed to make sense at the time, but no one can argue that now.