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Bayard

Bayard \Bay"ard\, n.

  1. [OF. bayard, baiart, bay horse; bai bay + -ard. See Bay, a., and -ard.] Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.

    Blind bayard moves the mill.
    --Philips.

  2. [Cf. F. bayeur, fr. bayer to gape.] A stupid, clownish fellow. [Obs.]
    --B. Jonson.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Bayard

generic or mock-heroic name for a horse, mid-14c., from Old French Baiard, name of the bay-colored magic steed given by Charlemagne to Renaud in the legends, from Old French baiart "bay-colored" (see bay (adj.)). Also by early 14c. proverbial as a blind person or thing, for now-unknown reasons. The name later was used attributively of gentlemen of courage and integrity, in this sense from Pierre du Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1473-1524), French knight celebrated as Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche. The surname is perhaps in reference to hair color.

Wiktionary
bayard

a. coloured bay, reddish brown, notably said of equines n. 1 A bay horse 2 (context humorous English) Any horse 3 (context archaic English) A stupid, clownish fellow.

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Bayard, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000): 1247
Housing Units (2000): 572
Land area (2000): 0.697416 sq. miles (1.806299 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.697416 sq. miles (1.806299 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03285
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.758072 N, 103.324805 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 69334
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Bayard, NE
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Bayard, NM -- U.S. city in New Mexico
Population (2000): 2534
Housing Units (2000): 1100
Land area (2000): 0.868878 sq. miles (2.250384 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.868878 sq. miles (2.250384 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06270
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 32.759569 N, 108.134035 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Bayard, NM
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Bayard, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 536
Housing Units (2000): 244
Land area (2000): 0.476473 sq. miles (1.234059 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.476473 sq. miles (1.234059 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04960
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.852198 N, 94.557261 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50029
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Headwords:
Bayard, IA
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Bayard, WV -- U.S. town in West Virginia
Population (2000): 299
Housing Units (2000): 172
Land area (2000): 0.314996 sq. miles (0.815837 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.314996 sq. miles (0.815837 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04924
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 39.272062 N, 79.365043 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Bayard (legend)

Bayard (; ; ) is a magic bay horse in the legends derived from the chansons de geste, renowned for his spirit, and possessed the supernatural ability to adjust his size to his riders.

Bayard (Jacksonville)

Bayard is a historical community of Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida, US. Originally platted in 1884, the community was a busy stopping point for tourists and industry through the early part of the 20th century. In the early 2000s, the City of Jacksonville began developing The Bayard Community Plan in an effort to preserve the character of Bayard as Jacksonville expands towards the community.

Bayard (given name)

Bayard is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

  • Bayard Clarke (1815–1884), United States Representative from New York
  • Bayard Elfvin (born 1981), American assistant Northwestern University soccer coach and retired goalkeeper
  • Bayard H. Faulkner (1894–1983), American politician from New Jersey, mayor of Montclair, New Jersey
  • Bayard Rustin (1912–1987), American civil rights activist, mentor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), American author from Pennsylvania
  • Bayard Veiller (1869–1943), American screenwriter, producer and film director

Fictional characters include:

  • Bayard Hamar, the bloodhound in Tim Burton's 2010 film Alice In Wonderland
  • Bayard Sartoris, the name of two generations of men in William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County series of novels, first appearing in Sartoris
  • Bayard Delavel, the engineer and Nadine Pelham's love and husband in Elinor Glyn's novel The Great Moment and the movie The Great Moment
Bayard (surname)

Bayard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Bayard family, a prominent American family of lawyers and politicians founded by Nicholas Bayard
  • Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (1918–1985), American politician from Delaware
  • Émile Bayard (1837-1891), French illustrator
  • George Dashiell Bayard (1835–1862), Union Army general in the American Civil War
  • Hippolyte Bayard (1801–1877), French photography pioneer
  • James A. Bayard (elder) (1767–1815), American politician from Delaware, US representative and senator
  • James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799–1888), American politician from Delaware, US senator, son of James A. Bayard
  • Jean-François Bayard (1796–1853), French playwright
  • John Bubenheim Bayard (1738–1807), American statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; delegate to the Continental Congress
  • Nicholas Bayard Nicholas Bayard (c. 1644–1707), 16th mayor of New York, Peter Stuyvesant's brother-in-law, and founder of the Bayard family
  • Nicholas Bayard (theologian), Dominican theologian
  • Pierre Bayard (1954–), French author and professor of literature
  • Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (Chevalier de Bayard) (1473–1524), French soldier, known as le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche
  • Richard H. Bayard (1796–1868), American politician from Delaware, mayor of Wilmington and US senator
  • Samuel Preston Bayard (1908–1997), American folklorist
  • Stephen Bayard, mayor of New York City from 1744 to 1747
  • Thomas F. Bayard (1828–1898), American politician, statesman, and senator
  • Thomas F. Bayard, Jr. (1868–1942), American lawyer and politician, US senator from Delaware

Usage examples of "bayard".

Malagigi, hearing him bewail his loss, bade him be of good cheer, promising to restore Bayard ere long, although he would be obliged to go to Mount Vulcanus, the mouth of hell, to get him.

At last, seeing that all their horses except the incomparable Bayard had been slain, Renaud bade his brothers mount behind him, and they dashed away.

Bayard asked icily, still staring above me at whatever pattern he saw in the stars.

Even the one black integrationist who continued writing regularly for Commentary, Bayard Rustin, was a radical.

The letters followed in a terrific sequence--a series of laudations which the Chevalier Bayard need not have scorned to evoke.

After Redmond shoots Colonel Sartoris, who purposely went unarmed in repudiation of violence, when Drusilla, Ringo, and the people of the town expect Bayard to perpetuate the code of revenge, he grows up completely: facing Redmond he breaks the chain of violence.

I visited all the marvels of the place, and laughed with all my heart to see the horse Bayard, of whom Ariosto has sung, ridden by the four sons of Aimon, or Amone, father of Bradamante the Invincible, and Ricciardetto the Fortunate.

Bayard went down on that day of storm and the dark waters of defeat and bankruptcy closed above him, there had been stretched one hand to save.

There was a great deal wrong with the Rustic Slicker, and he, Bayard Lodge, knew the Rustic Slicker as he knew no other manknew the blood and guts and brains of him, knew his thoughts and dreams and his hidden yearnings, his clodhopperish conceit, his smart-aleck snicker, the burning inferiority complex that drove him to social exhibitionism.

On a dark, chilly morning, several days hence, we made final preparations to set off on whatever harebrained quest Bayard had planned.

Cersei had written in the names herself: Ser Tallad the Tall, Jalabhar Xho, Hamish the Harper, Hugh Clifton, Mark Mullendore, Bayard Norcross, Lambert Turnberry, Horas Redwyne, Hobber Redwyne, and a certain churl named Wat, who called himself the Blue Bard.

Bayard and Colonel and Marse John and Granny until it did sound like a company at least, and then hollering at his horse again, and it running back and forth.

After Redmond shoots Colonel Sartoris, who purposely went unarmed in repudiation of violence, when Drusilla, Ringo, and the people of the town expect Bayard to perpetuate the code of revenge, he grows up completely: facing Redmond he breaks the chain of violence.

I visited all the marvels of the place, and laughed with all my heart to see the horse Bayard, of whom Ariosto has sung, ridden by the four sons of Aimon, or Amone, father of Bradamante the Invincible, and Ricciardetto the Fortunate.

O'Neilan, who was as brave as Bayard, was killed a few years afterwards at the battle of Prague.