crockard

crockard means A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin. Possibilities include: * that it is from croc (“hook”), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (“hook”)) + -ard. * that it is related to croquier (“break in pieces”). * that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (“a crock, a potsherd”).

name

A surname.

noun

A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

crockware 58% match — Crockery. vs crockard →
plack 56% match — A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries. vs crockard →
caroon 55% match — A crown (coin); its value, 5 shillings. vs crockard →
caracoly 55% match — An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, formerly used to make cheap jewellery. vs crockard →
caser 55% match — A crown, a five-shilling coin. vs crockard →
dandiprat 54% match — An English coin worth three half-pence vs crockard →
cardecue 54% match — An old French coin worth one quarter of an écu. vs crockard →
coronato 54% match — An old silver coin of 15th-century Italy, introduced during the reign of Ferdinand I of Aragon. vs crockard →