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goorde — goord(e, goordy obs. ff. gourd1, gourdy … Useful english dictionary
goordy — goord(e, goordy obs. ff. gourd1, gourdy … Useful english dictionary
gourde — noun the basic unit of money in Haiti • Hypernyms: ↑Haitian monetary unit • Part Meronyms: ↑Haitian centime * * * ˈgu̇(ə)rd noun ( s) Etymology: American French, from … Useful english dictionary
Hillel Neuer — Hillel C. Neuer is executive director of UN Watch, a human rights NGO in Geneva, Switzerland. [http://hrwg.mcgill.ca/index.php?option=com jcalpro Itemid=125 extmode=view extid=33] Originally from Montreal, Neuer has written on law, politics and… … Wikipedia
gourd — gourdlike, adj. /gawrd, gohrd, goord/, n. 1. the hard shelled fruit of any of various plants, esp. those of Lagenaria siceraria (white flowered gourd or bottle gourd), whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo… … Universalium
gourde — Fr. /goohrddd/; Eng. /goord/, n., pl. gourdes Fr. /goohrddd/; Eng. /goordz/. a paper money and monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centimes. Abbr.: G., Gde. [1855 60; < F, n. use of fem. of gourd dull, slow, heavy < L gurdus dull, obtuse] * * * … Universalium
gourd — [gôrd, goord] adj. [ME gourde < OFr gouorde < L cucurbita] designating a family (Cucurbitaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the squash, melon, cucumber, and pumpkin n. 1. any trailing or climbing plant belonging to… … English World dictionary
gourde — [goord] n. [Fr, fem. of gourd, numb, heavy, dull < L gurdus, dull, heavy, stupid] the basic monetary unit of Haiti: see the table of monetary units in the Reference Supplement … English World dictionary
