The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
Old French, meaning “bay-colored”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
I don’t know. Bay? Yardie? No, not Yardie, that’s silly.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Bayard, the horse Brother Luke and John-go-in-the-Wynd share on the journey to escort Robin to Sir Peter’s castle, in The Door in the Wall (written in 1949 and set sometime between 1327-1377), by Marguerite de Angeli.

WRITERS:
– Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), American critic, poet, translator, and travel writer.
– Bayard Veiller (1869-1943), American director, playwright, producer, and screenwriter.

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