Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hansard

/ˈhænsɚd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English

Syllables
Han-sard
IPA
/ˈhænsɚd/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

noun

A member of a Hanse (“merchant guild”), or a resident of a Hanse town.

noun

The official report of debates and other proceedings in the British and some Commonwealth parliaments.

British usage

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Etymology

PIE word *ḱóm From Middle English hansard (“merchant or citizen of a Hanseatic town; member of a merchant guild; a surname”), from hanse, hansze, hanze, haunse (“merchant guild; the Hanseatic League; member of the Hanseatic League; membership fee for a merchant guild; payment in general”) + -ard (suffix forming adjectives and nouns). Hanse is derived from Old French hanse (“merchant guild; membership fee for a merchant guild”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; with; along”) + *sed- (“to sit”). The English word is analysable as Hanse (“merchant guild; the Hanseatic League”) + -ard (suffix forming agent nouns, especially pejorative ones).

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Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhænsɚd/
  • British English: /ˈhænsəd/

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Questions

How do you pronounce hansard?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhænsɚd/.
What does hansard mean?
A surname.
Where does hansard come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce hansard

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