Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- French military hero known for his fearlessness and chivalry in the Italian campaigns of Charles VIII, Louis XII, and Francis I.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of hand-barrow used for carrying heavy loads, especially of stones.
- Bay; of a bay color: applied to a horse.
- noun A bay horse; generally, any horse: formerly frequent in proverbial use, especially with the epithet blind or bold.
- noun A person who is self-confident and ignorant: usually with the epithet blind or bold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase
blind bayard , an old blind horse. - noun obsolete A stupid, clownish fellow.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)
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Examples
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My only disappointment in Bayard's writing was that at times the dialect seemed too British, particularly early in the book and when relating the comments of lower-class characters (e.g., at one point a character complains of being “peached” – informed upon – which to me sounds more like Dickens than Dumas).
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Louis Bayard is also the author of Mr. Timothy, a New York Times Notable Book.
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I couldn2t call Bayard a friendnot reallyand was I really his squire, when he had forced me into service?
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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Everything has its value: the same Edward had spent fifty pounds over a horse called Bayard, and seventy for another called Labryt, which was dapple-grey.
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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That courtesy title which flies to the mind whenever the name Bayard is mentioned -- "The Good Knight without Fear and without Reproach" -- is no fancy name bestowed by modern admirers, but was elicited by the hero's merits in his own day and from his own people.
Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach Christopher Hare
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The first of these, indeed, may fairly be called the Bayard of American history, the cavalier without fear and without reproach.
American Men of Action Burton Egbert Stevenson 1917
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The first of these, indeed, may fairly be called the Bayard of American history, the cavalier without fear and without reproach.
American Men of Action Stevenson, Burton E 1913
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In Norman French it became "bonne," and in the fourteenth century was applied to the round loaf of bread given to a horse; the loaf was called Bayard's bonne (pronounced "bun").
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Nicholson, whose chivalrous bravery placed him on a par with Outram, who was called the Bayard of the British army.
In Times of Peril 1867
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Price, 23, who lives in York, Pa., and was visiting Maryland for the weekend, said he began calling Bayard's cellphone - worried that he might not have been sober enough to drive - and does not remember whether he reached him.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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