Chard

See also: chard

English

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Chard

1. A town and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district, near the Devon border. The civil parish is named Chard Town, and served by Chard Town Council. (OS grid ref ST3208).
   • 1954 February, R. J. Sellick, “Railways to Chard”, in Railway Magazine, page 121:

     There was to be no official opening ceremony, but nevertheless the inhabitants of Chard were not going to neglect this opportunity for a bean-feast, for they were also to celebrate the demolition of the town's East Gate.

2. A commune in Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
3. Synonym of Janvier South, Alberta, Canada, from the name of A. Chard.
4. A surname.
   • 1998, Laurence O'Toole, Pornocopia: porn, sex, technology and desire:

     Three men got out and surrounded Mr Chard. They were police officers, and he was under arrest, charged with taking indecent pictures of his children under the Protection of Children Act 1978 (POCA).

Derived terms

• Chard Junction

Etymology 2

Clipping of Chardonnay.

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Noun

Chard (countable and uncountable, plural Chards)

1. Chardonnay wine.
   • 2005, Maureen Christian Petrosky, The Wine Club: A Month-by-Month Guide to Learning about Wine with Friends, Des Moines, IA: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 116:

     Today you can order a glass of Chard almost anywhere, but in the 1960s it was relatively unknown outside of France. Can you imagine such a time?

Anagrams

• archd, D.Arch., hard c, archd.