Dollard

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Dollard

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*English: Nickname for a dull or stupid person, from dull + -ard; or an adaptation of Irish Ó Dhollaird.

*Other languages: can be related to pain/suffering, similar to Dolores; can be about mourning (see in Filae); or it can derive from rivers named Dollart or Dullaert (Middle Dutch “madman, savage”).

proper noun Dollards · Dullard

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"Dollard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dollard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Dollard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dollard

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"Dollard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dollard.

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@misc{dollard_2026,
  title = {Dollard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dollard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}