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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
-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. ||
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ard, one that commands; he that descends
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