United States financier (born in France) who helped finance the War of 1812 (1750-1831)

Usage examples of girard.

As the gray-haired fellow approached, Girard realized that the coat was fastened one button off.

This fellow was stout and clumsy, just as Girard had heard the famous Dr.

In ten minutes, word that Girard had a scrofulous yellow mule tied in front of his shop would be up and down Bond Street.

Lem and Rory, the two Cornish apprentices who stirred the great iron pots while Girard added the necessary quantities of oil of peppermint, had come from the back and stood beside each other, staring at the odd customer and pulling at their lower lips in curiosity.

Going hungry each night for him, though Girard knew that she thought he knew nothing of how she saved what little food she had for his mouth, and the mouths of the lads.

And then the footman said something to Collins in German that Girard did not understand.

Heavy-hearted, Girard pointed the footmen toward the back, where the ten bushels lay.

Merry enough that Girard smiled a bit, until the man withdrew his long sabre and began to wave it about.

But words once spoken cannot be retrieved and Girard could only look on his two good lads in silent horror.

Lem ran to Girard, their thin arms embracing his legs like spiders clinging to a juicy fly as soon as all the footmen save the leader left the shop, carrying armloads of tins.

Inside the shop, Girard heard nothing but the bell-like clamor of the tins striking each other as the German footmen hurled them carelessly into the wain.

And just then, Girard saw that the yellow mule remained tied in front of his shop.

Girard said, for despite his earlier errors, it was not Girard who was the stupid one in the room.

They shrugged, as if the animal was beneath their concern and said more things in German that Girard did not understand.

And as they laughed, Girard took the chance to snatch a single tin from the wain, dropping it into his waistcoat pocket.