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Definition of Libbard
1. n. A leopard.
Definition of Libbard
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of leopard) (defdate 14th-19th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Libbard
1. a leopard [n -S] - See also: leopard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Libbard
Literary usage of Libbard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Translating Homer by Matthew Arnold (1896)
"He says that such words as man, londis, libbard, withouten, muchel, give us a
tolerable but ... libbard ..."
2. On the Study of Celtic Literature ; And, On Translating Homer by Matthew Arnold (1883)
"... thinks a fair parallel, in its effect upon us, to the language of Homer in
its effect upon Sophocles. He says that such words as man, londis, libbard, ..."
3. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1894)
"by which John libbard of Petworth, miller, and Mary his wife sell ... Seal and
signature of " John libbard "; seal and mark of " Mary ..."
4. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"Spenser, FQ vii. 7. 29; Milton, PL vii. 467. [The form ' libbard' occurs in modern
poets : ' The lion, and the libbard, and the bear', Cowper, Task, vi. ..."
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