-ard

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-ard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  -ard \-ard\, -art \-art\
     The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard,
     drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this
     ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as
     English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a
     high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root;
     as, braggart, sluggard.
     [1913 Webster]

-ard - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  ARD
         Apple Remote Desktop (Apple, Macintosh)
         

-ard - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Ard
  descent, a grandson of Benjamin (Num. 26:38-40). In 1 Chr. 8:3
  he is called Addar. His descendants are mentioned in Num. 26:40.