Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dialectal, obsolete)Maiden, young woman

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Put on your "burd" shirt, daddy!

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Origin

From Middle English berde (“woman, lady, young lady”), possibly from Old English byrde, ġe

From Middle English berde (“woman, lady, young lady”), possibly from Old English byrde, ġebyrde (“of noble birth”), from byrd, ġebyrd (“birth”), or from an unattested *byrde (“embroideress”). Possibly the origin of the English slang bird for a young woman.

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Forms

plural: burds
Singularburd
Pluralburds

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buoyancybuoyantbuprenorphineburburdenB1burdensomeB2burdock

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