Reynard

Definition: Reynard

Reynard

Noun

1. A conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic "Reynard the Fox".

"Reynard" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the advice", "brave", "hardy".

Date "Reynard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms within Context: Reynard

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Animal	Fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe; caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar.
Cunning	Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard; Scotchman; Jew, Yankee; intriguer, intrigant; floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Specialty Definition: Reynard

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Reynard the Fox, also known as Renard, Renart, Reinard, Reinecke, Reinhardus, and by many other spelling variations, is a trickster figure whose tale is told in a number of anthropomorphic fables from medieval Europe.

He seems to have originated in French folklore. The earliest extensive treatment of the character is the Old French Le Roman de Renart from around 1175, which sets the typical setting. Reynard has been summoned to the court of king Noble, or Leo, the Lion, to answer charges brought against him by Isengrim the Wolf. Other anthropomorphic animals appear to give testimony against him, which Reynard always proves false by one stratagem or another. The stories typically involve satire whose usual butts are the aristocracy and the clergy, making Reynard a peasant-hero character. Some of the tales feature Reynard's funeral, where his enemies gather to deliver maudlin elegies full of insincere piety, and which features Reynard's posthumous revenge.

In 1485 William Caxton printed The Historie of Reynart the Foxe, which was translated from a Flemish version of the fables. Goethe, also, dealt with Reynard in his fable Reinecke Fuchs. Most improbably at all, Reynard appears in the medieval Latin epic Ysengrimus, a long Latin mock-epic from around 1200 that collects a great store of Reynard's adventures.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Reynard."

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Crosswords: Reynard

English words defined with "Reynard": -art. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Reynard": Arrot ♦ Bellin, Bitelas, Bortell, Bruel ♦ Crampart, Crekenpit ♦ Globe of Glass ♦ Hartnet, Husterloe ♦ Kayward ♦ Laprel ♦ Malepardus ♦ Ordigale, Oseway ♦ Reynard the Fox, Reynardine, Rukenaw ♦ Sanden, Sharp-beak, Slopard. (references)

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Modern Usage: Reynard

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Reynard the Fox (1999)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Reynard

Domain	Title
References	Reynard Motorsport, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox (reference) Reynard Fox and the Great Fox Hunt (reference) Reynard the Fox (reference) Reynard the Fox. (reference) Reynard the Fox: Social Engagement and Cultural Metamorphoses in the Beast Epic from the Middle Ages to the Present (Polygons, V. 1) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Reynard

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Figure 69. Buchanan sounding apparatus and water bottle. This instrument was devised by John Buchanan for the simultaneous collection of a bottom sediment sample and a water sample at the bottom. Schematic drawing from: Murray, J. and Reynard, A. F., 1891. Report on the scientific results of H. M. S. Challeng er... Deep-sea deposits, pp. 1-32. Figure 7.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Reynard

"Reynard" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reynard" is used about 71 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	71	39,674

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Reynard

The following table summarizes the usage of "Reynard" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Reynard	Last name	300	27,212
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Reynard

"Reynard" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the advice", "brave", "hardy".

The following table summarizes names related to "Reynard."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Rainard	Male	English	Reynard
Raynard	Male	English	Reynard
Reynard	Male	English	N/A
Renard	Male	French	Reynard
Reinhard	Male	German	Reynard
Renard	Male	Polish	Reynard
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Reynard

Country	Name
USA	Reynard Motorsport, Inc.
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Reynard

Expression using "Reynard": reynard the fox. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Reynard

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
reynard	30
reynard the fox	6
reynard robbie	4
g henri reynard	4
reynard syndrome	2
racing reynard	2
modification reynard	2
kentucky reynard scott	2
reynard motorsport	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Reynard

Language		Translations for "Reynard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Dhelpër (Charley, Fox, Tod). (various references)

Bulgarian		Кума Лиса (Charlie). (various references)

Farsi		روباه (Fox), شغال . (various references)

Hungarian		róka koma (pug, reynard the fox). (various references)

Manx		Ruaree Ruy (Reynard the fox). (various references)

Pig Latin		eynardray

Portuguese		Raposa (fox, pug, Tod). (various references)

Russian		Рейнеке-лис. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		lija. (various references)

Swedish		mickel räv (reynard the fox). (various references)

Turkish		Tilki (crafty fellow, cunning fellow, Fox, sly fellow, Tod, vixen). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Reynard

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Reynard": reynards. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Reynard"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Reynard" (pronounced rā"nerd)
3	-n er d	cornered, dishonored, garnered, honored, mannered, minored.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Reynard

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-n-r-r-y"
	-1 letter: darner, denary, dreary, errand, yarned, yarner.
	-2 letters: darer, deary, denar, deray, derry, drear, dryer, nerdy, randy, rared, rayed, ready, redan, redry, reran, yarer, yearn.
	-3 letters: aery, dare, darn, dean, dear, deny, dray, dyer, dyne, earn, eyra, nard, nary, near, nerd, rand, rare, read, rear, rend, rynd, yard, yare, yarn, yean, year.
	-4 letters: and, ane.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-n-r-r-y"
	+1 letter: reynards, wardenry.
	+3 letters: gendarmery, prebendary.
	+4 letters: candleberry, cordwainery, denigratory, gerrymander, rehydrating, rehydration, rewardingly, rudimentary.
	+5 letters: archdeaconry, diversionary, dysmenorrhea, ferricyanide, ferrocyanide, gerrymanders, gingerbready, interlayered, intermediary, rehydrations, restrainedly.
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