Bernards

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of bernard form-of, plural
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Bernards, patronymic from the name Bernard. This name is also found in Latvia, of the same sense.

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