paillard

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noun

A slice of meat pounded thin and grilled.

OriginFrench paillard →
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Meanings

paillard1

nounpaillard (plural paillards)

plural paillards

  1. cookingA slice of meat pounded thin and grilled.

paillard2

nounpaillard (plural paillards)

plural paillards

  1. alternativeAlternative form of palliard.

    Not only a debauched paillard but a cruel murtherer.

    1690, Kirkton, Hist. Ch. Scotland II, page 84
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    The male part of the upper class are […] a parcel of poor, shaking, nervous paillards.

    1851, Borrow, Lavengro III, page 315

Origin

paillard · noun

  1. Frenchpaillard
  2. Englishpaillard

Borrowed from French paillard in the 1970s, from the name of a restaurant in Paris, from its proprietor's surname, Paillard.

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paillard · noun

  1. Middle Frenchpalliard
  2. Englishpaillard

From Middle English, from Middle French palliard, see palliard.

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Translations

Italian paillard
  • paillarda slice of meat pounded thin and grilled

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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