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Pollard

name
/ˈpɒl.əd/UK/ˈpɑ.lɚd/US

Etymology

From Middle English poll (“head”) + the pejorative suffix -ard (“person characterized by or associated with something, often in a negative way”). The suffix has the same meaning as in drunkard and coward. When used as a verb, it is often used to mean a cut head, which originates from the terms usage in cattle, where "pollarded" is used to mean "headed," as opposed to horned.

  1. derived from poll

Definitions

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

  2. A town in Escambia County, Alabama, United States.

  3. A minor city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. An unincorporated community in Victoria Township, Rice County, Kansas, United States.

    2. A pruned tree

      A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.

      • Only a little pollard hedge kept us from their blood-shot eyes.
      • Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.

    3. A buck deer that has shed its antlers.

    4. A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats.

    5. A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.

    6. A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and…

      A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed.

    7. A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny…

      A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

    8. To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense…

      To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.

      • I didn't know one could pollard elms. I thought one only pollarded willows.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA