First Known Use: 1830
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brassard
noun bras·sard \brə-ˈsärd, ˈbra-ˌ\
Definition of BRASSARD
1
: armor for protecting the arm — see armor illustration
2
: a cloth band worn around the upper arm usually bearing an identifying mark
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Origin of BRASSARD
French brassard, from Middle French brassal, from Old Italian bracciale, from braccio arm, from Latin bracchium — more at brace
Rhymes with BRASSARD
Asgard, backyard, barnyard, blackguard, blowhard, boatyard, bombard, boneyard, brickyard, charge card, churchyard, cloth yard, coast guard, courtyard, dance card, deeryard, die-hard, diehard, discard, dockyard, dooryard, face card, farmyard, fireguard, flash card, foulard, Fugard, Gerard, graveyard, green card, ill-starred, jacquard, junkyard, lifeguard, main yard, mansard, mass card, Midgard, milliard, mudguard, noseguard, off guard, old guard, on guard, Oxnard, phone card, Picard, placard, point guard, postcard, poularde, punch card, rear guard, rearguard, Red Guard, regard, retard, ritard, safeguard, scorecard, shipyard, smart card, sound card, spikenard, steelyard, stockyard, switchyard, tabard, tanyard, tiltyard, time card, unbarred, unguard, vizard, wild card
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