Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Picardy.
- noun The Romance language traditionally spoken in Picardy and adjacent parts of Belgium, descended from the Langue d'oïl and closely related to French.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Eccles., one of a sect in Bohemia about the beginning of the fifteenth century, suppressed by Ziska in 1421.
- noun A shoe worn by men, introduced into England as the fashion of the French about 1720. It was high-quartered, and not unlike the modern brogan.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so called from one
Picard of Flanders. Seeadamite .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, from, or relating to,
Picardy - noun Someone from
Picardy - noun historical A member of an
Adamite sect of the sixteenth century and earlier, in the Flemish Netherlands and in Bohemia. - proper noun A
Romance language closely related toFrench - proper noun A
surname .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Have you ever seen the episode of Star Trek TNG when captain Picard is ordered to step down from the position of Captain of the Enterprise?
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Better get this out there now. 2007
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That, too, was a name Picard remembered from the report.
Dark Mirror Diane Duane 1993
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Like to see Captain Picard do that – oh wait, he had that mud fight with his brother, that was cool.
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That was the summer that began with the revelation that Captain Picard had been assimilated by the Borg.
The Top Twenty Star Trek Episodes. Period. | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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Picard is made aware of his own mortality by the death of his loved ones.
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A shaved head has helped actor Patrick Stewart ( "Star Trek" 's Captain Picard) extend his sexy years into his 70s.
The Shorn Identity Christina binkley 2010
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So, you know how the Borg were the coolest thing about Star Trek: TNG, right after Captain Picard and, um … Um. Well.
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Or to Captain Picard, for that matter, in Nemesis?
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But Picard is not the only one involved in a cover up.
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Picard is open source and scriptable, leaving it wide open for tinkering to suit your needs.
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